CHR 265015 – Weissia patula (C.Knight) Fife
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 265015
Specimen type:
Packet
Database record added:
28 February 2003
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Weissia patula (Knight) Fife
Determiner:
Jessica E. Beever
Identification date:
2009-11-10 (Verbatim: 10 xi 2009)
Preferred name:
Weissia patula (C.Knight) Fife
Division:
Bryophyta
Class:
Bryatae
Family:
Pottiaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Pottiaceae
Determiner:
[Macmillan BH]
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Pottiaceae Hampe
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Waimakariri River bed, 4 miles W of Courtenay
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.4437 172.172
Verbatim locality:
Waimakariri River bed, Canterbury. 4 m. W. of Courtenay.
Verbatim collector:
B.H. macmillan 70/144
Standardised collector:
Bryony H. Macmillan
Verbatim date:
2 Aug. 1970
Start date:
1970-08-02
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 1:
S75 595 672 (WGS84 -43.443308 172.172183)
Altitudes:
from 182m
Habitat:
on turf in open stand of gorse and broom
Notes:
abundant on banks & flat ground, & otherwise bare soil.Soft bright green cushions.
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
leaf margins plane, x undulate, costa very long excurrent in a sharp apiculus. Dry leaves somewhat curled with straight apices emerging. Capsules copious, emergent, opercula long-beaked. Good match for TYPE material
KOH reaction yellow - yellow/orange
Voucher of Canterbury for Moss Flora
Jessica E. Beever, 10 xi 2009
Jessica E. Beever, 10 xi 2009
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