Splachnum octoblepharum Hook.

NZOR Identifier: 6c6bf2f2-4ed4-4f9e-a3ca-b40fa78dc237

Status

Synonym of Tayloria octoblepharum (Hook.) Mitt. (NZOR Concept Id 6ee4279e-bddb-48cf-88c6-2e5a9ed3c5cf)

Classification

superkingdom
Eukaryota
kingdom
Plantae
division
Bryophyta
class
Bryopsida
subclass
Bryidae
order
Splachnales
family
Splachnaceae
genus
Splachnum
species
Splachnum octoblepharum Hook.

Providers

Scientific Name

Authority
Hook.
Rank
species
Published in
Hooker, W 1819-1820: Musci Exotici, containing Figures and Descriptions of new or little known foreign mosses and other cryptogamic subjects.. 2 ed. London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown.
Micro-reference (page)
167
Year
1819
Nomenclatural Comment
The epithet derives from the Greek and means eight-haired, a reference to the peristome. The epithet is a noun in apposition rather than an adjective and hence the often-used form "octoblepharis" is not correct., Holotype: Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land): trunks of fallen trees, base of Table Mountain, Mr. [R.] Brown, ("H. 3007"), BM-K! Isotype: BM-Wilson! Rod Seppelt & Lyn Cave (pers. comm., 16 Mar. 2015) have suggested that the “Table Mountain” of the protologue probably refers to Mt. Wellington. Although there is an extant Table Mountain in the midlands of Tasmania, there is no evidence that Robert Brown visited there.
Governing Code
ICBN
Is Recombination
No

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
723d31ae-d1c6-4cac-9bfa-b4c87549fa0d
According to
NZFLORA (2012-) New Zealand Plant Names - Name based concepts
Has Parent
Splachnum (In use by NZOR)

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
9c7be3d9-8800-429d-b045-dbd92641ce03
According to
Fife, A.J. 2015: Splachnaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 18. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.
Preferred Name
Tayloria octoblepharum (Hook.) Mitt. (In use by NZOR) }

Subordinate Taxon Concept

Full Name
Splachnum octoblepharum var. major Hook.f. & Wilson
According To
NZFLORA (2012-) New Zealand Plant Names - Name based concepts

Subordinate Taxon Concept

Full Name
Splachnum octoblepharum var. pyriforme Hook.f. & Wilson
According To
NZFLORA (2012-) New Zealand Plant Names - Name based concepts

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