Group: Moss Rank: species Kind: Name of a new Taxon Herbarium Placement: Lehmann, upper, cases, 5

Authors:

Dixon, Hugh Neville

Published In: Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 69(2): 21. 10. 1918. (Smithsonian Misc. Collect.)

Type-Protologue

Locality: Kenya. Mount Kenya: giant heath zone, 3630 m,

Collector and Number: Mearns 1564

Institution(s): US, BM

Type Specimens

• T: Mearns 1564; ; Kenya. Mount Kenya: giant heath zone, 3630 m,

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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:  Polytrichopsida Doweld
• order:  Polytrichales Cavers
• family:  Polytrichaceae Schwägr.
• genus:  Polytrichum Hedw.

Keywords: MOSS