[Cited in Fife, A.J., Leptodontaceae, Fl. New Zealand Mosses 22 (2015)]
Type status:
Isotype
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Leptodon smithii (Hedw.) F.Weber & D.Mohr
Determiner:
Allan Fife
Identification date:
2015-08 (Verbatim: Augst 2015)
Preferred name:
Leptodon smithii (Hedw.) F.Weber & D.Mohr
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
[Cited in Fife, A.J., Leptodontaceae, Fl. New Zealand Mosses 22 (2015)]
Identification
Determined name:
Leptodon novae-seelandiae sp. nov.
Determiner:
Dr Karl Müller
Identification date:
1892-12-11 (Verbatim: 11 Dec 1892)
Preferred name:
Leptodon smithii (Hedw.) F.Weber & D.Mohr
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Named by Dr Karl Müller in litt 11 dec 1892
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Waimakariri Gorge, N. Canterbury
Verbatim locality:
Waimakariri Gorge, N. Canterbury
Verbatim collector:
[Beckett T.W.N.] 384
Standardised collector:
Thomas W. N. Beckett
Verbatim date:
Apr 1892
Start date:
1892-04
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Habitat:
Growing on trunks of trees (Berrymans Mistake) exposed to the Northwest. There was from 1 to 11/2 inch of fine sand through which t his moss grew, deposited by the Norwesters & blown up from the river bed.
Specimen notes
Herbarium history:
[Ex] Herbarium T.W.N. Beckett part NZ 384
Type:
Isotype of Leptodon novae-seelandiae Müll.Hal., Hedwigia 41: 131 (1902).