South Island, Mt. Owen Range, N.W. Nelson, "Hay Paddock"
Verbatim collector:
J.K. Bartlett 22102
Standardised collector:
John K. Bartlett
Verbatim date:
25-1-1983
Start date:
1983-01-25
Land District:
Nelson Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō
Ngāti Kōata
Ngāti Kuia
Ngāti Rārua
Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu
Ngāti Toa Rangatira
Te Atiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
41°32´ S 172°33´ E (WGS84 -41.533333 172.55)
Altitudes:
from 1219m
Habitat:
On schist on old moraine.
Notes:
Ex Herbarium J.K. Bartlett, No.22102. (Campylopodium medium - mixed with Ditrichum ?brevirostre. I now believe that the fertile material here is merely Campylopodium medium, and neither a new species of Microdus (as I believed and annotated this specimen in Nov. 1999), nor a new species of Dicranella (as suggested by Bartlett). I continue to be somewhat bothered by the nature of the peristome teeth and the apparent lack of stomata in this specimen. I described the teeth (in Nov. 1999) as: "undivided, inserted ± at mouth, pale brown below, ± hyaline above, c. 135 x 30 µm, coarsely striate throughout." I believe the apparently undivided nature of the teeth (which is not consistent with Campylopodium) is possibly a function of the age of the capsules I have examined; probably the teeth have fragmented in this material. The teeth also coarsely striate, rather than papillose-striolate as normal for Campylopodium medium. However, all other features of this sparse collection point convincingly to the common and widespread Campylopodium medium. Allan Fife, May 2000.)