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Issue: Vol. 65 No. 1 (2012)
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2012-09-05
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.65.1.8
Page range: 45–45
Abstract views: 15
PDF downloaded: 9

Notes on Early Land Plants Today. 3. Fossombronia ruminata Cargill, a new name for Fossombronia maritima G.A.M.Scott et D.C.Pike ex Cargill, nom. illeg.

Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian National Herbarium, GPO Box 1600, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
Department of Botany, The Field Museum, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605–2496, USA
Department of Botany, The Field Museum, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605–2496, USA
Fossombronia ruminata Fossombronia maritima Notes on Early Land Plants Today. 3. Bryophytes

Abstract

Fossombronia maritima G.A.M.Scott et D.C.Pike (1987: 378) is invalid, as it was described from multiple gatherings. The name was later validated via typification by Cargill in McCarthy (2003: 114) as Fossombronia maritima G.A.M.Scott et D.C.Pike ex Cargill.