CHR 161756 B – Wijkia extenuata var. caudata Fife
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 161756 B
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:
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
Identification
Determined name:
[Acanthocladium extenuatum (Brid.) Mitt.]
Determiner:
JEB [ Beever JE]
Identification date:
1995-02 (Verbatim: 2/[19]95)
Preferred name:
Wijkia extenuata (Brid.) H.A.Crum
Active:
no
Identification type:
Confirmation
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.
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Raoul Island. Kermadec Group, north-west side of crater
Verbatim locality:
Raoul Island. Kermadec Group, north-west side of crater
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes No 796/K
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
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
Herbarium history:
The K.W. Allison Collection No. 9.614
Herbarium history:
Ex herb. Bot. Divn, DSIR No 161756
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
[As per CHR 161756 A]
Allan Fife, October 2007
Allan Fife, October 2007
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