Gymnostomum laxum Hook.f. & Wilson

NZOR Identifier: e61baa37-8b06-4359-95a2-4bbf63569bad

: Synonym of Entosthodon laxus (Hook.f. & Wilson) Mitt. (NZOR Concept Id 08c1ce7d-6099-4a60-a4df-53b2a2e49556)

Authority: Hook.f. & Wilson
Rank: species
Published in: Wilson, W.; Hooker, J.D. 1847: Musci. In: Hooker, J.D., The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839-1843. Wilson, W.; Hooker, J.D.MusciVol. 1. Flora Antarctica Part II. Botany of Fuegia, the Falklands, Kerguelen's Land, etc. London, Reeve, Brothers. 395-423.
Micro-reference (page): 399
Year: 1847
Nomenclatural Comment: The epithet laxus roughly translates as flaccid or loose and presumably is derived from Hooker and Wilson’s descriptive phrase (in the protologue) “foliis erect-patentibus laxe imbricatis elliptico-lanceolatis…” The description of the loosely imbricate leaves is probably drawn in comparison to other taxa placed in the (then) larger genus Gymnostomum., Lectotype: Kerguelen, Antarctic Expedition 1839–1843, J.D. Hooker 744 ("Wilson no. 257"), BM-Hooker! Isolectotypes: BM-Hooker!, NY-Mitten! (Designated by Fife 1987a.)
Original orthography: Gymnostomum (Physcomitrium) laxum

NZOR Concept Id: 4a853614-6f0b-4913-a343-293dc4372488
According to: Fife, A.J. [2018]: Funariaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle ??. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.
Preferred Name: Entosthodon laxus (Hook.f. & Wilson) Mitt. (In use by NZOR) }

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