Hookeria crispula Hook.f. & Wilson

NZOR Identifier: cbc8d1c1-7f93-4f32-a6f9-924c72eaaf8c

Status

Synonym of Distichophyllum crispulum (Hook.f. & Wilson) Mitt. (NZOR Concept Id f1919cd4-51ea-42d8-a6fd-57a9faf5495d)

Classification

superkingdom
Eukaryota
kingdom
Plantae
division
Bryophyta
class
Bryopsida
subclass
Bryidae
order
Hookeriales
family
Hookeriaceae
genus
Hookeria
species
Hookeria crispula Hook.f. & Wilson

Providers

Scientific Name

Authority
Hook.f. & Wilson
Rank
species
Published in
Hooker, J.D.; Wilson, W. 1844: Musci Antarctici; being characters with brief descriptions of the new species of Mosses discovered during the voyage of H.M. Discovery ships, Erebus and Terror, in the southern circumpolar regions, together with those of Tasmania and New Zealand. London journal of botany 3: 533-556.
Micro-reference (page)
550
Year
1844
Nomenclatural Comment
The epithet crispulum is apt, describing the strongly crisped dry leaves in the typical variety., Holotype: N.Z., Bay of Islands, “on clay earth at roots of trees”, Aug. 1841, J.D. Hooker s.n., (“Wilson 377”), BM-Wilson! The Wilson herbarium (at BM) contains several duplicates of the type of D. crispulum. All are attached to a single sheet, bearing drawings and a handwritten draft of the description that was published in Wilson (1854, p. 122); collectively this material is deemed to constitute the holotype.
Governing Code
ICBN
Is Recombination
No

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
0b7046d9-5595-4b88-aebb-6fedaa8cc007
According to
NZFLORA (2012-) New Zealand Plant Names - Name based concepts
Has Parent
Hookeria (In use by NZOR)
Preferred Name
Distichophyllum crispulum (Hook.f. & Wilson) Mitt. (In use by NZOR) }

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