Fissidens anisophyllus Dixon

NZOR Identifier: 7921329a-8a0b-4b1e-b29f-a3ef6de3a924

Authority: Dixon
Rank: species
Published in: Dixon, H.N. 1912: On some mosses of New Zealand. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 40: 433-459.
Micro-reference (page): 442
Year: 1912
Nomenclatural Comment: The epithet anisophyllus, from anisos (unequal) + phyllon (leaf), refers to the “unequal leaves” on the shoot. Dixon (1912) in his protologue commented, with regard to this “rather interesting plant”, that “it is especially noteworthy for the inequality of the leaves, which gradually increase in size upwards, becoming at the same time narrower and more acute, giving a somewhat fan-shaped outline to the frond”. This is, however, a feature of many small species of Fissidens (e.g., F. curvatus and F. tenellus) in which fruiting plants exhibit a rapid transition up the stem from juvenile to perichaetial leaves., Holotype: N.Z., on damp bank at side of road, Mauriceville, July 19 1910, W. Gray s.n., BM-Dixon 74! Isotype: NSW!

NZOR Concept Id: bf1602d2-738e-4e36-8a11-2f6de921014c
According to: Beever, J.E. 2014: Fissidentaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 8. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.
Has Parent: Fissidens (In use by NZOR)
Preferred Name: Fissidens anisophyllus Dixon (In use by NZOR) }

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