The material at left (including that in packet) is Rhynchostegium tenuifolium.
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Hypnum tenuifolium Hedw.
Determiner:
[Beckett TWN]
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Rhynchostegium tenuifolium (Hedw.) Reichardt
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
of the Handbook but probably not the tru sp.
Identification
Determined name:
Rhynchostegium tenuifolium
Determiner:
[Beckett TWN]
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Rhynchostegium tenuifolium (Hedw.) Reichardt
Active:
no
Identification type:
Taxonomic curation
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Barray's Pass, Akaroa
Verbatim locality:
Barray's Pass, Akaroa
Verbatim collector:
[Beckett TWN] NZ 55
Standardised collector:
Thomas W. N. Beckett
Verbatim date:
August 1887
Start date:
1887-08
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Habitat:
On trees, damp bush
Specimen notes
Herbarium history:
[Herb. T.W.N. Beckett] NZ 55
Supplementary remarks:
I doubt very much that Beckett 55 represents a single collection. The material at left (including that in packet) [CHR 623773] is Rhynchostegium tenuifolium; the material at right [CHR 630881] is R. laxatum; and the material mounted below right is R. tenuifolium [CHR 630886]. This specimen is cited by Beckett in Trans. N.Z.Inst. 25: 300 (1893).
Allan Fife, May 2004