Tortula viridipila Dixon & Sainsbury

NZOR Identifier: e812897f-e55b-48be-af42-66e6f8a050e1

Status

Preferred Name (NZOR Concept Id 36ad0e26-132f-4aae-8c84-3f958a9bea90)

Classification

superkingdom
Eukaryota
kingdom
Plantae
division
Bryophyta
class
Bryopsida
subclass
Dicranidae
order
Pottiales
family
Pottiaceae
genus
Tortula
species
Tortula viridipila Dixon & Sainsbury

Providers

Biostatus

Geo Schema
ISO Country
Geo Region
New Zealand
Biome
Terrestrial
Environmental Context
Wild
Occurrence
Present
Origin
Endemic
In Use
True

Scientific Name

Authority
Dixon & Sainsbury
Rank
species
Published in
Dixon,H.N.; Sainsbury, G. O. K. 1933: New and rare species of New Zealand mosses. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. London 71: 213-251.
Micro-reference (page)
218
Year
1933
Nomenclatural Comment
The epithet viridipila (green hair) refers to the arista at the leaf apex, expressed in the protologue as “aristam flexuosam viridem”., Holotype: N.Z., Nelson L.D., summit of Mt Arthur, on ground, G.O.K. Sainsbury, BM 001006843, image seen online, JSTOR Global Plants, accessed 1 March 2017. Isotypes: WELT M029632! M005692! CHR 486050A! CHR 486050B!
Governing Code
ICBN
Is Recombination
No

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
36ad0e26-132f-4aae-8c84-3f958a9bea90
According to
NZFLORA (2012-) New Zealand Plant Names - Name based concepts
Has Parent
Tortula (In use by NZOR)
Preferred Name
Tortula viridipila Dixon & Sainsbury (In use by NZOR) }

No subordinate taxa

No vernacular applications

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