Australian Moss Name Index (AusMoss)

Showing Weissia patula
Pottiaceae Schimp.
Weissia patula (C.Knight) Fife , legitimate, scientific
Fife, A.J. (1995), Checklist of the mosses of New Zealand. The Bryologist 98: 316 [comb. nov.]
basionym: Gymnostomum patulum C.Knight legitimate
Fife, A.J. (1995), Checklist of the mosses of New Zealand. The Bryologist 98: 310 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Weissia controversa var. gymnostoma (Dixon) Sainsbury legitimate
Sollman, P. (2001), Studies on several Australian Pottiaceous mosses, including some nomina nuda. Trop. Bryol 20: 75 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Hymenostomum amoenum Geh. ex Watts & Whitel. nom. inval., nom. nud.
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taxonomic synonym: Hymenostomum subolivaceum Müll.Hal. ex Watts & Whitel. nom. inval., nom. nud.
Sollman, P. (2001), Studies on several Australian Pottiaceous mosses, including some nomina nuda. Trop. Bryol 20: 74 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Hymenostomum sullivanii Müll.Hal. ex Geh. legitimate
Sollman, P. (2004), Studies on a few Pottiaceous mosses from Australia. Trop. Bryol 25: 79 [secondary reference]
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taxonomic synonym: Hymenostomum inflexum Hampe & Müll.Hal. nom. inval., nom. nud.
Sollman, P. (2004), Studies on a few Pottiaceous mosses from Australia. Trop. Bryol 25: 78 [secondary reference]
Klazenga, N. (2015), AusMoss: Catalogue of Australian mosses, v. 2015-11-16: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Gymnostomum inflexum Taylor legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenostomum inflexum Hampe & Müll.Hal. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Hymenostomum sullivanii Müll.Hal. ex Geh. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenostomum subolivaceum Müll.Hal. ex Watts & Whitel. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Hymenostomum amoenum Geh. ex Watts & Whitel. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Weissia viridula var. gymnostoma Dixon legitimate taxonomic synonym: Weissia controversa var. gymnostoma (Dixon) Sainsbury legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA, SA, NSW, Vic
  • distribution: W.A., S.A., N.S.W., Vic.
  • remarks: Stoneburner (1985: 312) synonymised Weissia viridula var. gymnostoma with Trichostomum brachydontium. Fife (1995: 331) regarded this a synonym of Weissia patula, but considered W. patula a New Zealand endemic. There is a specimen of W. patula from New South Wales in MEL (Woolls s.n. (MEL 1002869), det. P. Sollman).