Group: Moss Rank: species Kind: Name of a new Taxon Herbarium Placement: Lehmann, upper, cases, 19

Authors:

Wilson, William

Ex Authors:

Bruch, Philipp

In Authors:

Borrer, William J.
Babington, Charles Cardale
Berkeley, Miles Joseph
Wilson, William

Published In: Supplement to the English Botany of the late Sir J.E. Smith and Mr. Sowerby: the descriptions, synonyms, and places of growth 4: pl. 2888. 1844. (Engl. Bot. Suppl.)

Type-Protologue

Locality: Found on Ormeshead in 1826 by the writer of this article [W. Wilson], and subsequently by F. K. Eagle, Esq., on St. Vincent’s Rocks. For recent specimens from the latter place we are indebted to Mr. Thwaites, who gathered them in March 1843.

Type Specimens

• LT: Great Britain: «Grimmia africana, Fissidens africanus Hedw. Sp. M. St. Vincents Rock near Bristol (Mr. Stephens) discovered by Mr. Eagle in 1837. W. W.»

  • Lectotype designated by:  Geissler, P. & E. Maier. 1995. Lectotypifications of Central European Grimmia species (Musci, Grimmiaceae). Candollea 50: 502.

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:  Grimmiales M. Fleisch.
• family:  Grimmiaceae Arn.
• genus:  Grimmia Hedw.

Conservation Status:

• G5 - Secure - Global
  • Reference NatureServe. 2024. NatureServe Explorer [online]. NatureServe, Arlington, VA.
  • Conservation System NatureServe. 2024. Statuses. [online]. In NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe, Arlington, VA.

Other names for this basionym:

Dryptodon orbicularis (Bruch ex Wilson) Ochyra & Żarnowiec

Eugrimmia orbicularis (Bruch ex Wilson) Buyss.

Guembelia orbicularis (Bruch ex Wilson) Hampe

Projects: Chile

Keywords: 02, 11, MOSS