Systematics Collections Data

CHR 585259 – Mesotus celatus Mitt.

Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 585259
Specimen type:
Packet
Database record added:
15 June 2006
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Mesotus celatus Mitt.
Determiner:
Allan Fife
Identification date:
2008-07 (Verbatim: July 2008)
Preferred name:
Mesotus celatus Mitt.
Division:
Bryophyta
Class:
Bryatae
Family:
Dicnemonaceae
Identification type:
Confirmation
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Mesotus celatus Mitt.
Determiner:
T. Paul
Identification date:
2004-12-08 (Verbatim: 8 Dec 2004)
Preferred name:
Mesotus celatus Mitt.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Side Creek, Alfred River, Lake Daniels, Lewis Pass
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):  -42.3107  172.346 
Verbatim locality:
Side Creek, Alfred River, Lake Daniels, Lewis Pass
Verbatim collector:
Thomas Paul
Standardised collector:
Thomas Paul
Verbatim date:
10-May-2004
Start date:
2004-05-10
Land District:
Nelson Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Ngāti Toa Rangatira
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:   M31 2456062 5877176  (WGS84 -42.310676 172.345746)
Altitudes:
from 932m
Habitat:
Forest: Very steep mountain/silver beech forest with a moss carpet of various species. on face; Aspect: 155 degrees; growing epiphytic.
Notes:
Carbon Monitoring Survey: Plot BI-115
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
c.fr. & calyptrae The spores in this material are the best developed that I have seen in herbarium material They are dimorphic, some (apparently aborted) 12–25 µm, irregular in shape and lacking chlorophyll; the remainder multicelluar, variably spherical, ellipsoid, to trapezoidal, multicellular due to endosporic germination, chlorophyllose, mostly 75–135 µm in greater dimension. In more mature capsules (and most herbairum specimnes that I have closely examined) the multicelluar “spores” tend to form cohesive masses which are often adherent to the columella. The shape of the individual “spores” becomes highly irregular and in some cases the boundaries between the spore-derived cellular clusters become obscured.
Allan Fife, July 2008
Permissions
Project permits
Project title:
Local Contexts - Allan Herbarium (CHR)
Reference:
CHR Collection - Local Contexts
Biocultural (BC) Notice