Notes on Nomenclature. XII

<p><strong>The distribution of <em>Hemiragis aurea </em>(Brid.) Ren. &amp; Card. (Hookeriaceae, Musci) and related notes of interest</strong></p>

“…Fiedrichsthal", H, without no.) published by Mueller (1897) as "H. friedrichsthaliana -sine loco natali" and revised by Britton (1914). Its presence in Guatemala is questionable due to the absence of specific locality information and the fact that it has never been recollected in that country.…”

“…: Pico Simons, 5800 m). "Bogota" (2600-3000 m) -general old report (Britton 1914) republished many times as "Colombia" (according to Florschütz-de Waard &Florschütz 1979, andChurchill 1989 as "sine loco"); Alto del Veinte in Prov. Choco, 450-480 m (Churchill 1989, p. 120 In Delgadillo et al (1995) H. aurea is listed from Brazil and Bolivia.…”

“…Hemiragis aurea in the nineteenth century was variously affiliated with very different genera such as Dicranum, Harpophyllum, Hookeria, Hypnum, Leskea and Mnium. The monospecific status of the genus has been established by Britton (1914), Crum & Steere (1957), Welch (1971) and Wijk et al (1962); see also literature cited therein. The family affiliation of H. aurea still is uncertain, depending on the taxonomic concepts of the Hookeriales, which now are many (see Buck 1987Buck , 1988Buck & Vitt 1986;Crosby 1974;Hedenäs 1996a,b;Robinson 1971Robinson , 1986Tan & Robinson 1990;Welch 1976;and others).…”