Paratype of Grimmia elegans Müll.Hal., Hedwigia 37: 168 (1898). I consider that Müller, by citing an elevational range for the type collections of G. elegans was effectively citing two syntypes. By the selection of Beckett 362 as the lectotype, Beckett 360 effectively becomes a paratype.
Type status:
Paratype
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Racomitrium crispulum (Hook.f. & Wilson) Hook.f. & Wilson
Determiner:
Allan Fife
Identification date:
1997-08 (Verbatim: August 1997)
Preferred name:
Racomitrium crispulum (Hook.f. & Wilson) Hook.f. & Wilson
Active:
no
Identification type:
Confirmation
Identification
Determined name:
Rhacomitrium elegans sp. nov.
Determiner:
Dr. Karl Müller
Identification date:
1892-05-25 (Verbatim: 25 May 1892)
Preferred name:
Racomitrium Brid.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Identification
Determined name:
Racomitrium symphyodon CM
Determiner:
V.F. Brotherus
Identification date:
1896-03-13 (Verbatim: 13.iii.[18]96)
Preferred name:
Racomitrium Brid.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
= R. [Racomitrium] elegans CMull in sched.
Identification
Determined name:
Racomitrium crispulum (H.f. & W.) H.f. & W.
Determiner:
[Allison KW]
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Racomitrium crispulum (Hook.f. & Wilson) Hook.f. & Wilson
Active:
no
Identification type:
Taxonomic curation
Note:
R. crispulum (H.f. & W.) H.f. & W. = [Racomitrium symphyodon]
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Ben More, N. Canterbury
Verbatim locality:
Ben More, N. Canterbury
Verbatim collector:
[Beckett TWN] NZ 360
Standardised collector:
Thomas W. N. Beckett
Verbatim date:
Nov. 1890
Start date:
1890-11
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Altitudes:
from 1219m
Specimen notes
Herbarium history:
[Herb. T. W. N. Beckett] NZ 360
Type:
Paratype of Grimmia elegans Müll.Hal., Hedwigia 37: 168 (1898). I consider that Müller, by citing an elevational range for the type collections of G. elegans was effectively citing two syntypes. By the selection of Beckett 362 as the lectotype, Beckett 360 effectively becomes a paratype.
Allan Fife, August 1997