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Polytrichum alpinum Hedw.

  • 1. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève, case postale 60, 1292 Chambésy, Switzerland.

Description

BN: Polytrichum alpinum Hedw.,

Sp. Musc. Frond.: 92, t. XIX, f. 2, b. 1801.

CN / SY: Polytrichastrum alpinum (Hedw.) G.L.Sm., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 21: 37. 1971.

PL: Habitat in alpibus Scoticis, Scandinavicis, Tyrolensibus, Helveticis, in Sudetibus, Bructero Hercyniae etc.

LI: [Polytrichum alpinum e. Bruct. b. ambiguum a Rich.].

LT: OCHYRA & al. (2008: 94), lectotype in G, “The central specimen in the upper row with four mature capsules on the sheet labelled ‘ Polytrichum alpinum e. Bruct.’ – G-Hedwig- Schwägrichen”. [G00040254].

Figure: Price (2005: Fig. 283).

Notes

Published as part of Price, Michelle J., 2014, Hedwig-Schwägrichen types catalogue update (1): new typifications and typification corrections, pp. 119-133 in Candollea 69 (2) on page 126, DOI: 10.15553/c2014v692a3, http://zenodo.org/record/5715296

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
G
Family
Polytrichaceae
Genus
Polytrichum
Kingdom
Plantae
Material sample ID
G00040254
Order
Polytrichales
Phylum
Bryophyta
Scientific name authorship
Hedw.
Species
alpinum
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype

References

  • OCHYRA, R., R. I. LEWIS SMITH & H. BEDNAREK- OCHYRA (2008). The illustrated moss flora of Antarctica. Cambridge University Press.
  • PRICE, M. J. (2005). Catalogue of the Hedwig-Schwagrichen herbarium (G): I. List of type material and a review of typifications for the Hedwig moss names. Boissiera 61.