Notes on Early Land Plants Today. 51. Validation of Schistochilopsis hyperarctica (Scapaniaceae, Marchantiophyta)
*Author for correspondence Lophozia hyperarctica (Schuster 1961: 967) was described from Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic. However, the author stated that the species occurred in very small patches and made a collection of them in a small area, but giving every small collection a separate collectio...
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.636.8957 http://www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/content/2014/f/pt00162p240.pdf |
| Summary: | *Author for correspondence Lophozia hyperarctica (Schuster 1961: 967) was described from Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic. However, the author stated that the species occurred in very small patches and made a collection of them in a small area, but giving every small collection a separate collection number, thus making several gatherings out of them. When describing the species he used 5 differently numbered gatherings stating “these five collections extremely skimpy, coming from the same locality and to be considered the collective representing the type ” thus violating ICN Art. 41.2 (McNeill et al. 2012). This mistake was overlooked when transferring the taxon to Massula hyperarctica |
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