Byssus velutina Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2 : 1168. 1753
Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part B)
Jarvis, Charlie
4KV92
(Hedw.) P. Beauv.
P. Beauv.
Hedw.
Bryopsida
Polytrichaceae
Pogonatum
Plantae
Polytrichales
Bryophyta
species
aloides
Byssus velutinaLinnaeus, Species Plantarum2: 1168. 1753.
"Habitat in Terra." RCN: 8401.
Lectotype(Newton in Spencer & al. in Taxon, in press): [icon] " Byssus tenerrimaviridis, velutum referens" in Dillenius, Hist. Musc.: 7, t. 1, f. 14. 1741. - Voucher: Herb. Dillenius ( OXF).
Note:According to Druce & Vines ( Dill. Herb.: 215. 1907), voucher material in the Dillenian herbarium linked with the corresponding cited illustration is identifiable as the moss, Polytrichum aloidesHedw.(syn. Pogonatum aloides(Hedw.) P. Beauv.).
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OXF