CHR 161756 A – Wijkia extenuata var. caudata Fife
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 161756 A
Specimen type:
Packet
Database record added:
18 January 2008
Database record updated:
22 January 2008
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Wijkia extenuata var. caudata Fife
Determiner:
Allan Fife
Identification date:
2007-12 (Verbatim: Dec 2007)
Preferred name:
Wijkia extenuata var. caudata Fife
Division:
Bryophyta
Class:
Bryatae
Family:
Sematophyllaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
comb. nov. in sched. (not type material)
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Wijkia undescribed taxon
Determiner:
Allan Fife
Identification date:
2007-10 (Verbatim: October 2007)
Preferred name:
Wijkia H.A.Crum
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
I am impressed with the presence of abaxial papillae on the lamial cells. While this is the most convincing material of Wijkia I have seen from the kermadec, it is not representative.
Identification
Determined name:
[Acanthocladium extenuatum (Brid.) Mitt.]
Determiner:
A.J.Fife & J E Beever
Identification date:
1995-02-20 (Verbatim: 20 ii [19]95)
Preferred name:
Wijkia extenuata (Brid.) H.A.Crum
Active:
no
Identification type:
Confirmation
Identification
Determined name:
Acanthocladium extenuatum (Brid.) Mitt.
Determiner:
K.W.A. [Allison KW]
Identification date:
1969-08 (Verbatim: Aug 1969)
Preferred name:
Wijkia extenuata (Brid.) H.A.Crum
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Kermadec Islands Raoul, North-West side of crater
Verbatim locality:
[Kermadec Islands] Raoul, North-West side of crater
Verbatim collector:
[Sykes WR] 796/K
Verbatim date:
17/7/1969
Start date:
1969-07-17
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
Open bank in dry forest area.
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
Sterile; attenuate branches present.
An exceedingly difficult specimen to name confidently. Leaves only weakly dimorphic; leaf margins entrie or very nearly so; laminal cells with papillae but apparently non-porose. This material epitomizes the difficulty of distinguising Wikia [Wijkia] and Sematophlyyum subhumile var contiguum on the Kermadec and I do not believe that the distinction can be made confidently in many cases.
Allan Fife, October 2007
Allan Fife, October 2007
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