Hypnum purpurascens Brid.

NZOR Identifier: 9ec8b99b-ad94-485a-9be1-bb71d8244790

Status

Synonym of Rhacocarpus purpurascens (Brid.) Paris (NZOR Concept Id 306de4af-b657-4ed7-bb77-60993817dd44)

Classification

superkingdom
Eukaryota
kingdom
Plantae
division
Bryophyta
class
Bryopsida
subclass
Bryidae
order
Hypnales
family
Hypnaceae
genus
Hypnum
species
Hypnum purpurascens Brid.

Providers

Scientific Name

Authority
Brid.
Rank
species
Published in
Bridel, S.-E. 1812: Muscologia Recentiorum Supplementum seu Species Muscorum. Vol. 2. Ettinger, Gotha.
Micro-reference (page)
121
Year
1812
Nomenclatural Comment
Type: Réunion. Not seen., The epithet purpurascens aptly means becoming purple. The disused epithet humboldtii honours the great Prussian explorer and geographer Alexander von Humboldt who, together with Aimé Bonpland, gathered the type of Hedwigia humboldtii at high elevation in the northern Andes.
Governing Code
ICBN
Is Recombination
No

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
1f41fe29-4e29-48b6-91e8-a999b1f43268
According to
NZFLORA (2012-) New Zealand Plant Names - Name based concepts
Has Parent
Hypnum (In use by NZOR)

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
e8140d51-2236-4b40-808d-ff58d6e45fca
According to
Fife, A.J. [2016]: Rhacocarpaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle [??]. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.
Preferred Name
Rhacocarpus purpurascens (Brid.) Paris (In use by NZOR) }

No subordinate taxa

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