Distichophyllum pulchellum (H.f. & W.) var. ellipticifolium Sainsb.
Determiner:
Identification date:
1952-12 (Verbatim: DEC-1952)
Preferred name:
Distichophyllum pulchellum (Hampe) Mitt.
Division:
Bryophyta
Class:
Bryatae
Family:
Hookeriaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Distichophyllum pulchellum (Hampe) Mitt.
Determiner:
Allan Fife
Identification date:
2016-05 (Verbatim: May 2016)
Preferred name:
Distichophyllum pulchellum (Hampe) Mitt.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
I consider var. ellipticifolium to be a mere growth form.
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Base of Longwood Range, Southland
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-46.2707 167.811
Verbatim locality:
Base of Longwood Range, Southland.
Verbatim collector:
Martin W NO875
Standardised collector:
William Martin
Verbatim date:
1-9-50
Start date:
1950-09-01
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Southland Land District
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
D46 (WGS84 -46.269292 167.810594)
Habitat:
On floor of wet beech forest.
Notes:
[Metric Grid: O'Brien M]
Specimen notes
Herbarium history:
Herb. K.W. Allison 3921
Type:
Isotype of Distichophyllum pulchellum var. ellipticifolium Sainsbury, Revue bryol. lichen. 21: 222 (1952)
Type:
Type - part of type gathering.
Supplementary remarks:
Leaves not all obovate: oblong or oval-oblong, or occ. rather wider below, bordered as in D. pulchellium & lf apex of that species. Nerve long. 7/8th of leaf but ± variable, forked towards apex, one branch suppressed, other ceasing well below apex.
[Allison KW]