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Weissia controversa Hedw.

This species name was first published in Sp. Musc. Frond.: 67. 1801.

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0001161677.

Synonyms of Weissia controversa Hedw.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Tetrapterum vernicosum (Müll.Hal. ex G.Roth) Broth. Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2, 10: 253. 1924. wfo-0001149234
Phascum vernicosum Müll.Hal. ex G.Roth Aussereur. Laubm.: 212. 1911. wfo-0001150759
Bryum controversum (Hedw.) P.Beauv. Prodr. Aethéogam.: 45. 1805. wfo-0001156477
Dicranoweisia pumecicola Sakurai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 48: 383. 1934. wfo-0001159048
Dicranoweisia riparia (Hampe) Paris Index Bryol.: 341. 1896. wfo-0001159050
Weissia amblyodon Brid. Bryol. Univ. 1: 805. 1827. wfo-0001161619
Weissia apiculata var. subglobosa (Nees & Hornsch.) Rabenh. Deutschl. Krypt.-Fl. 2(3): 126. 1848. wfo-0001161627
Weissia brandegeei Austin Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 6: 46. 1875. wfo-0001161646
Weissia bruchiana Hornsch. Bryol. Germ. 2(2): 50. 1831. wfo-0001161650
Weissia cirrata var. amblyodon (Brid.) Hampe Flora 20: 284. 1837. wfo-0001161666
Weissia controversa var. australis (Austin ex Rau & Herv.) Schornh. Bryologist 43: 63. 1940. wfo-0001161678
Weissia controversa var. nitidifolia (Farneti) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur.: 190. 1954. wfo-0001161681
Weissia controversa var. stenocarpa Nees & Hornsch. Bryol. Germ. 2(2): 45. 1831. wfo-0001161682
Weissia controversa var. turfosa (Podp.) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur.: 189. 1954. wfo-0001161683
Weissia curvicaulis Brid. Muscol. Recent. Suppl. 1: 106. 1806. wfo-0001161701
Weissia cyrnaea Brid. Bryol. Univ. 1: 803. 1827. wfo-0001161709
Weissia erythrogona Brid. Muscol. Recent. Suppl. 1: 107. 1806. wfo-0001161718
Weissia flavipes Hook.f. & Wilson Fl. Nov.-Zel. 2: 59. 1854. wfo-0001161728
Weissia graeca Schiffn. Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 69: 317. 1920. wfo-0001161740
Weissia humilis Funck ex Brid. Bryol. Univ. 1(2): 806. 1827. wfo-0001161747
Weissia linguaelata J.Shaw Cape Monthly Mag. 17: 378. 1878. wfo-0001161783
Weissia longidentata R.S.Williams Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 3(9): 116. 1903. wfo-0001161786
Weissia longiseta Lesq. & James Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 135. 1879. wfo-0001161790
Weissia micacea (Schltdl.) Müll.Hal. Syn. Musc. Frond. 1: 662. 1849. wfo-0001161802
Weissia micro-odonta Hedw. Sp. Musc. Frond.: 67. 1801. wfo-0001161804
Weissia microstoma Hornsch. ex Nees & Hornsch. Bryol. Germ. 2(2): 3. 1831. wfo-0001161805
Weissia microtheca Thér. Ann. Cryptog. Exot. 5: 169. 1932. wfo-0001161806
Weissia mutabilis Brid. J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(1): 279. 1801. wfo-0001161818
Weissia nudiflora Müll.Hal. & Hampe Linnaea 26: 496. 1853[1855]. wfo-0001161826
Weissia obscura Röhl. Ann. Wetterauischen Ges. Gesammte Naturk. 3: 99. 1812. wfo-0001161827
Weissia oranica Müll.Hal. Hedwigia 38: 112. 1899. wfo-0001161834
Weissia pabstiana Müll.Hal. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 15: 382. 1857. wfo-0001161836
Weissia patagonica Cardot & Broth. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.s. 63(10): 19. 1923. wfo-0001161843
Weissia raui Austin Musci Appalach., Suppl.: no. 465. 1878. wfo-0001161862
Weissia riparia Hampe Linnaea 30: 626. 1860. wfo-0001161870
Weissia sinensis Thér. Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 19: 18. 1909. wfo-0001161892
Weissia submicacea Müll.Hal. Hedwigia 39: 267. 1900. wfo-0001161906
Weissia sulcata Thér. Ann. Cryptog. Exot. 5: 169. 1932. wfo-0001161907
Weissia tortilis Spreng. Syst. Veg. [Sprengel] 4(2): 321. 1827. wfo-0001161922
Weissia vallis-gratiae Müll.Hal. Hedwigia 38: 111. 1899. wfo-0001161934
Weissia viridula var. nitida Renauld & Cardot Rev. Bryol. 15: 70. 1888. wfo-0001161940
Weissia viridula var. nitidifolia Farneti Atti Ist. Bot. Univ. Pavia 2: 181. 1892. wfo-0001161941
Weissia viridula var. turfosa Podp. Zprávy Komis. Přír. Výzk. Moravy Slezska Odděl. Bot. 4: 46. 1907. wfo-0001161943
Weissia wolfii Lesq. & James Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 136. 1879. wfo-0001161953
Dicranum xanthodon Hedw. Sp. Musc. Frond.: 145. 1801. wfo-0001164161
Bryum microdontum (Hedw.) P.Beauv. Prodr. Aethéogam. 47 1805 wfo-0001167646
Grimmia controversa (Hedw.) F.Weber & D.Mohr Index Mus. Pl. Crypt.: 2 [recto]. 1803. wfo-0001173428
Grimmia crispa Roth ex G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Schreb. Oekon. Fl. Wetterau 3(2): 77. 1802. wfo-0001173442
Grimmia micro-odonta (Hedw.) F.Weber & D.Mohr Index Mus. Pl. Crypt.: 2 [recto]. 1803. wfo-0001173658
Gymnostomum cirrhatum De Not. Musc. Ital. Spic.: 20. 1837. wfo-0001174068
Gymnostomum micaceum Schltdl. Linnaea 10: 443. 1836. wfo-0001174149
Gymnostomum oranicum (Müll.Hal.) Rehmann ex Paris Index Bryol. Suppl. 189 1900 wfo-0001174159
Gymnostomum pabstianum (Müll.Hal.) A.Jaeger Ber. Thätigk. St. Gallischen Naturwiss. Ges. 1869–70: 281. 1870. wfo-0001174163
Gymnostomum rauanum Austin Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 5(5): 21. 1874. wfo-0001174181
Gymnostomum schimperi Molendo Ber. Naturhist. Vereins Augsburg 18: 134. 1865. wfo-0001174204
Hymenostomum mexicanum Cardot Rev. Bryol. 36: 70. 1909. wfo-0001184453
Hymenostomum micaceum (Schltdl.) Hampe Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn ser. 3, 6: 135. 1875. wfo-0001184455
Hymenostomum olivaceum Müll.Hal. ex Geh. Rev. Bryol. 24: 66. 1897. wfo-0001184470
Hymenostomum oranicum (Müll.Hal.) Paris Index Bryol. Suppl.: 189. 1900. wfo-0001184472
Hymenostomum pabstianum (Müll.Hal.) Broth. Nat. Pflanzenfam. I(3): 386. 1902. wfo-0001184474
Hymenostomum rutilans subsp. subglobosum (Nees & Hornsch.) Hampe Flora 20: 284. 1837. wfo-0001184486
Hymenostomum subglobosum Nees & Hornsch. Bryol. Germ. 1: 203. 1823. wfo-0001184496
Hymenostomum submicaceum (Müll.Hal.) Paris Index Bryol. (ed. 2) 2: 360. 1904. wfo-0001184497
Weissia controversa var. longiseta (Lesq. & James) H.A.Crum, Steere & L.E.Anderson Bryologist 67: 164. 1964. wfo-0001186225
Weissia controversa var. wolfii (Lesq. & James) H.A.Crum, Steere & L.E.Anderson Bryologist 67: 164. 1964. wfo-0001186226
Mollia longiseta (Lesq. & James) C.Mohr Pl. Life Alabama: 297. 1901. wfo-0001187855
Mollia viridula Lindb. Musci Scand.: 21. 1879. wfo-0001187882
Mollia viridula var. amblyodon (Brid.) Braithw. Brit. Moss Fl. 1: 237. 1885. wfo-0001187883
Trichostomum pallidisetum var. brachyodon Spindl. Hedwigia 52: 44. 1912. wfo-0001192648
Trichostomum sciophilum Müll.Hal. Hedwigia 37: 119. 1898. wfo-0001192727
Trichostomum triumphans var. brachyodon (Spindl.) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur.: 193. 1954. wfo-0001192796
Rechingerella macedonica J.Froehl. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 66: 36. 1963. wfo-0001195273
Trichostomum exulatum R.H.Zander Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 32: 92. 1993. wfo-0001198474
Simophyllum viridulum Lindb. Revis. Crit. Icon.: 51. 1871. wfo-1000018420
Tortella viridula C.E.O.Jensen Danmarks Mosser 2: 319. 1923. wfo-1000018466
Weissia microdus Schwägr. Sp. Musc. Frond., Suppl. 1, 1: 77. 1811. wfo-1000018566
Weissia viridula Hedw. ex H.Mart. Prodr. Fl. Mosq.: 189. 1817. wfo-1000018577
Weissia weymouthii Müll.Hal. ex Rodway Pap. & Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasmania 1912: 19. 1913. wfo-1000018579
Bryum micro-odontum (Hedw.) P.Beauv. Prodr. Aethéogam.: 47. 1805. wfo-1000018747
Bryum virens Dicks. Fasc. Pl. Crypt. Brit. 4: [30]. 1801. wfo-1000018779
Weissia brachycarpa Broth. ex Ihsiba Classif. Mosses Japan: 98. 1932. wfo-1000045931
Weissia rigescens Broth. Hedwigia 38: 205. 1899. wfo-1000045952
Bryum viridulum With. Syst. Arr. Brit. Pl. (ed. 4) 3: 801. 1801. wfo-1000046200
Weissia virens (Dicks.) Brid. ex Boucher Extr. Fl. Abbeville: 80. 1803. wfo-1000050346
Dicranum xanthodon var. majus Hampe Linnaea 13: 42. 1839. wfo-1200049986
Dicranum xanthodon var. minus Hampe Linnaea 13: 42. 1839. wfo-1200049987
Phascum vernicosum var. minus Müll.Hal. ex G.Roth Aussereur. Laubm.: 212. 1911. wfo-1200051354
Tortella viridula var. amblyodon (Brid.) C.E.O.Jensen Danmarks Mosser 2: 319. 1923. wfo-1200051637
Weissia cirrata var. bruchiana (Hornsch.) Hampe Flora 20: 284. 1837. wfo-1200051982
Weissia controversa var. amblyodon (Brid.) Sendtn. Flora 31: 239. 1848. wfo-1200051988
Weissia controversa var. amoeneviridis Nees & Hornsch. Bryol. Germ. 2(2): 44. 1831. wfo-1200051989
Weissia controversa var. arenicola (Limpr.) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur.: 189. 1954. wfo-1200051990
Weissia controversa var. brachycarpa Nees & Hornsch. Bryol. Germ. 2(2): 45. 1831. wfo-1200051991
Weissia controversa var. brachyneura (J.J.Amann) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur.: 190. 1954. wfo-1200051992
Weissia controversa var. exigua Schultz ex Nees & Hornsch. Bryol. Germ. 2(2): 45. 1831. wfo-1200051993
Weissia controversa f. fasciculata (Latzel) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur.: 189. 1954. wfo-1200051994
Weissia controversa var. humilis (Funck ex Brid.) Hampe Flora 20: 284. 1837. wfo-1200051997
Weissia controversa var. latifolia (Velen.) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur.: 189. 1954. wfo-1200051998
Weissia controversa var. micro-odonta (Hedw.) Röhl. Ann. Wetterauischen Ges. Gesammte Naturk. 3(1): 98. 1812. wfo-1200051999
Weissia controversa var. microdus (Schwägr.) Hartm. Handb. Skand. Fl. (ed. 3) 2: 273. 1838. wfo-1200052000
Weissia controversa var. microstoma Huebener Muscol. Germ.: 123. 1833. wfo-1200052001
Weissia controversa f. protonematica (Latzel) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur.: 189. 1954. wfo-1200052003
Weissia controversa var. rutilans Huebener Muscol. Germ.: 123. 1833. wfo-1200052004
Weissia controversa var. subglobosa (Schimp. ex Limpr.) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur.: 189. 1954. wfo-1200052005
Weissia controversa f. ticinensis (Farneti) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur.: 190. 1954. wfo-1200052007
Weissia crispula var. humilis (Funck ex Brid.) Huebener Muscol. Germ.: 129. 1833. wfo-1200052012
Weissia viridula var. amblyodon (Brid.) Bruch & Schimp. Bryol. Eur. 1: 65. 1846. wfo-1200052055
Weissia viridula var. arenicola Limpr. Laubm. Deutschl. 1: 257. 1886. wfo-1200052056
Weissia viridula var. australis Austin ex Rau & Herv. Cat. N. Amer. Musci: 7. 1880. wfo-1200052057
Weissia viridula var. brachyneura J.J.Amann Fl. Mouss. Suisse 2: 34. 1918. wfo-1200052059
Weissia viridula f. cylindrocarpa Latzel Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2, 61: 230. 1941. wfo-1200052062
Weissia viridula f. fasciculata Latzel Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2, 48(2): 472. 1931. wfo-1200052064
Weissia viridula var. latifolia Velen. Rozpr. České Akad. Císaře Františka Josefa Vědy, Tř. 2, Vědy Math. Přír. 2, 6(6): 100. 1897. wfo-1200052068
Weissia viridula var. longidens De Not. Atti Reale Univ. Genova 1: 600. 1869. wfo-1200052069
Weissia viridula var. longifolia Broth. & Wager Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 4: 6. 1915. wfo-1200052070
Weissia viridula subsp. longirostris Kindb. Hedwigia 35: 59. 1896. wfo-1200052071
Weissia viridula f. longiseta Latzel Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2, 48(2): 472. 1931. wfo-1200052072
Weissia viridula var. microdus (Schwägr.) Brid. Bryol. Univ. 1: 335. 1826. wfo-1200052074
Weissia viridula var. polycarpa P.C.Chen Hedwigia 80: 161. 1941. wfo-1200052076
Weissia viridula f. protonematica Latzel Magyar Bot. Lapok 29: 116. 1930. wfo-1200052077
Weissia viridula var. rugeliana Renauld & Cardot Rev. Bryol. 19: 73. 1892. wfo-1200052078
Weissia viridula var. seligerioides J.J.Amann Fl. Mouss. Suisse 2(Add. Rectific.): 1. 1918. wfo-1200052079
Weissia viridula var. stenocarpa (Nees & Hornsch.) Bruch & Schimp. Bryol. Eur. 1: 65. 1846. wfo-1200052080
Weissia viridula var. subglobosa Schimp. ex Limpr. Laubm. Deutschl. 1: 257. 1886. wfo-1200052081
Weissia viridula f. ticinensis Farneti Atti Ist. Bot. Univ. Pavia 2: 181. 1892. wfo-1200052082
Weissia viridula var. tortilis (Spreng.) Wager Check List Moss. S. Afr.: 6. 1917. wfo-1200052083
Weissia viridula var. wolfii (Lesq. & James) Grout Moss Fl. N. Amer. 1: 156. 1938. wfo-1200052084
Weissia controversa f. longiseta (Latzel) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur.: 189. 1954. wfo-1200061632
Weissia viridula subsp. longiseta (Lesq. & James) Kindb. Eur. N. Amer. Bryin. 2: 287. 1897[1898]. wfo-1200061635

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