Following Fife, A.J. Fl. New Zealand Mosses 14: 4 (2014) "A single variable taxon of Hedwigia is present in N.Z."
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Hedwigia ciliata
Determiner:
B.H.M.
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Hedwigia ciliata (Hedw.) P.Beauv.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Identification
Determined name:
Hedwigia cf. stellata
Determiner:
Allan Fife
Identification date:
2009-03 (Verbatim: March 2009)
Preferred name:
Hedwigia stellata Hedenäs
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Carvossa (homestead), Waikari Valley Road, Waikari
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-42.965519 172.734164
Verbatim locality:
"Carvossa", east of Waikari, N. Canterbury
Verbatim collector:
B. H. Macmillan 78/211
Standardised collector:
Bryony H. Macmillan
Verbatim date:
21 Nov. 1978
Start date:
1978-11-21
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 1:
S61 09- 23- (WGS84 -42.97532 172.72754)
Altitudes:
from 305m
Habitat:
Undeveloped Notodanthonia/scrub slope
Microhabitat:
on soil on rock
Notes:
occasional, with Bryum truncorum & Triquetrella papillata
Observed species:
Bryum truncorum Triquetrella papillata
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
c. fr.
Hair points reflexed or straight: ± erect
Hair points entire or "toothed": toothed
Apical cell shape: variable
Number of papillae on most mid laminal cells: mostly 2
Allan Fife, March 2009