Group: Moss Rank: species Kind: Name of a new Taxon Herbarium Placement: Lehmann, upper, cases, 18

Authors:

Smith, James Edward

Published In: Flora Britannica 3: 1152. 1804. (Fl. Brit.)
Type Specimens

• HT: [UK] Clapham springs near Bedford, February 1805, Rev. Dr Abbot. The type is a mixture of ~Phascum cuspidatum~ Hedw. and ~Weissia longifolia~ Mitt. The protologue refers to the ~P. cuspidatum~ component, but not the ~W. longifolia~ component.

  • Type discussion:  Callaghan, D. A., N. E. Bell & L. L. Forrest. 2019. Taxonomic notes on Weissia subgenus Astomum, including Weissia wilsonii D.A.Callaghan, a new species from Europe. J. Bryol. 41(2): 137.

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• subkingdom:  Bryobiotina Trevis.
• division:  Bryophyta Schimp.
• subdivision:  Bryophytina Engl.
• class:  Bryopsida Ritgen
• subclass:  Dicranidae Doweld
• order:  !Pottiales M. Fleisch.
• family:  !!Pottiaceae Hampe
• genus:  Phascum Hedw.

Other names for this basionym:

Astomum multicapsulare (Sm.) Bruch & Schimp.

Mollia multicapsularis (Sm.) Braithw.

**Phascum crispum var. multicapsulare (Sm.) Hook. & Taylor ex Brid.

Systegium multicapsulare (Sm.) Schimp.

Tortella multicapsularis (Sm.) C.E.O. Jensen

!Weissia multicapsularis (Sm.) Mitt.

Keywords: MOSS