Following treatment by A.J. Fife for Moss Flora of New Zealand
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Drepanocladus fluitans (Hedw.) Warnst.
Determiner:
Fife AJ
Identification date:
1993 (Verbatim: 1993)
Preferred name:
Warnstorfia fluitans (Hedw.) Loeske
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Identification
Determined name:
Drepanocladus fluitans (Hedw.) Warnst.
Determiner:
Allan Fife
Identification date:
2004-09 (Verbatim: September 2004)
Preferred name:
Warnstorfia fluitans (Hedw.) Loeske
Active:
no
Identification type:
Confirmation
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Eyre Mtns, 2km W of Jane Peak, alpine cirque head of Gorge Creek
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-45.3298 168.298
Verbatim locality:
Eyre Mtns, 2km W of Jane Pk, alpine cirque head of Gorge Ck
Verbatim collector:
Fife AJ 10011; Macmillan BH
Standardised collector:
Allan J. Fife; Bryony H. Macmillan
Verbatim date:
8-Feb-1993
Start date:
1993-02-08
Land District:
Southland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
E42 41- 31- (WGS84 -45.329818 168.29763)
Abundance:
Rare
Altitudes:
from 1200m
Habitat:
West facing Chionochloa pallens dominated alpine slope.
Abundance:
Rare
Keywords:
Alpine; Schist; Wet
Notes:
Boggy depression with sphagnum falcatulum, Drosera arcturi; waterlogged.
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
sterile
The leaf apices here have the merest suggestion of toothing. However, the costa & alars are correct for this species, the stem cortical cells are firm-walled and there is a small central strand present. Best placed as D. [Drepanocladus] fluitans.
Allan Fife, September 2009