CHR 570732 – Orthotrichum Hedw.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 570732
Specimen type:
Packet
Database record added:
21 September 2004
Database record updated:
02 August 2013
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Orthotrichum sp.
Determiner:
Gibb ES
Identification date:
2013-07 (Verbatim: July 2013)
Preferred name:
Orthotrichum Hedw.
Division:
Bryophyta
Class:
Bryatae
Family:
Orthotrichaceae
Identification type:
Taxonomic curation
Note:
Following decisions made by Allan Fife for Moss Flora of New Zealand (in prep).
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Muelleriella sp.
Determiner:
Allan Fife
Identification date:
2004-12 (Verbatim: December 2004)
Preferred name:
Orthotrichum Hedw.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
I can find no capsules in this material and in their absence I do not believe this specimen can be named with confidence. I am certainly not convinced that is is M. aucklandica. It is likely a small, sterile form of M. crassifolia.
Identification
Determined name:
Muelleriella aucklandica
Determiner:
CDM [Meurk CD]
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Orthotrichum aucklandicum (Vitt) Goffinet
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Should be endemic to Auckland Is
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Campbell Island, Rocky Bay Island
Verbatim locality:
Rocky Bay Is, Campbell Is [Island]
Verbatim collector:
CDM [Meurk CD]
Standardised collector:
Colin D. Meurk
Verbatim date:
17/2/84
Start date:
1984-02-17
Land District:
Southland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Altitudes:
from 110m
Habitat:
top of saddle on exposed rock.
Notes:
Most leaves obtuse, ligulate, < 3 mm long.
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