Group: Moss Rank: species Kind: Name of a new Taxon Herbarium Placement: Lehmann, upper, cases, 14

Authors:

Hedwig, Johann

Published In: Species Muscorum Frondosorum 136. 36. 1801. (Sp. Musc. Frond.)

Type-Protologue

Locality: Locus terrestris, ad ligna putrescentia, per omnem Europam vulgatissima species, inque America septentrionali. Vere matura.

Type Specimens

• LT: "Bryum tenue stellatum setis purpureus, Dill. Musc. t. 49, f. 51, 386; Mnium purpureum caule dichotomo axillis pedunculiferio anthera cresta foliis carinatis, Linn. Spec. ed 11, 1575. 6"

  • Lectotype designated by:  Burley, J. S. & N. M. Pritchard. 1990. Revision of the genus Ceratodon (Bryophyta). Harvard Pap. Bot. 1(2): 37.
  • Type discussion:  Ochyra, R., R. I. Lewis Smith & H. Bednarek-Ochyra. 2008. Ill. Moss Fl. Antarctica 155. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist Philippine Bryophytes System    details

• subkingdom:  Bryobiotina Trevis.
• division:  Bryophyta Schimp.
• subdivision:  Bryophytina Engl.
• class:  Bryopsida Ritgen
• subclass:  Dicranidae Doweld
• order:  Dicranales M. Fleisch.
• family:  !!Dicranaceae Schimp.
• genus:  Dicranum Hedw.

Other names for this basionym:

!Ceratodon purpureus (Hedw.) Brid.

Didymodon purpureus (Hedw.) Hook. & Taylor

Fuscina purpurea (Hedw.) Schrank ex A. Déy

Mnium purpureum (Hedw.) With.

Trichostomum purpureum (Hedw.) De Not.

Keywords: MOSS