Fissidens anisophyllus Dixon

NZOR Identifier: 7921329a-8a0b-4b1e-b29f-a3ef6de3a924

Status

Preferred Name (NZOR Concept Id bf1602d2-738e-4e36-8a11-2f6de921014c)

Classification

superkingdom
Eukaryota
kingdom
Plantae
division
Bryophyta
class
Bryopsida
subclass
Dicranidae
order
Dicranales
family
Fissidentaceae
genus
Fissidens
species
Fissidens anisophyllus Dixon

Providers

Biostatus

Geo Schema
Political Region
Geo Region
New Zealand
Environmental Context
Wild
Occurrence
Present
Origin
Endemic

Scientific Name

Authority
Dixon
Rank
species
Published in
Dixon, H.N. 1912: On some mosses of New Zealand. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 40: 433-459.
Micro-reference (page)
442
Year
1912
Nomenclatural Comment
The epithet anisophyllus, from anisos (unequal) + phyllon (leaf), refers to the “unequal leaves” on the shoot. Dixon (1912) in his protologue commented, with regard to this “rather interesting plant”, that “it is especially noteworthy for the inequality of the leaves, which gradually increase in size upwards, becoming at the same time narrower and more acute, giving a somewhat fan-shaped outline to the frond”. This is, however, a feature of many small species of Fissidens (e.g., F. curvatus and F. tenellus) in which fruiting plants exhibit a rapid transition up the stem from juvenile to perichaetial leaves., Holotype: N.Z., on damp bank at side of road, Mauriceville, July 19 1910, W. Gray s.n., BM-Dixon 74! Isotype: NSW!
Governing Code
ICBN
Is Recombination
No

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
bf1602d2-738e-4e36-8a11-2f6de921014c
According to
Beever, J.E. 2014: Fissidentaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 8. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.
Has Parent
Fissidens (In use by NZOR)
Preferred Name
Fissidens anisophyllus Dixon (In use by NZOR) }

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
d0df7c24-7cbc-418a-9888-b57719619f4a
According to
NZFLORA (2012-) New Zealand Plant Names - Name based concepts
Has Parent
Fissidens
Preferred Name
Fissidens anisophyllus Dixon }

No subordinate taxa

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