''Haemodorum distichophyllum'', also known as the Moorland Bloodroot, is a plant in the
Haemodoraceae (blood root) family, native to
Tasmania
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It was first described by
William Jackson Hooker
Sir William Jackson Hooker (6 July 178512 August 1865) was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as a botanic garden. At Kew he ...
in 1852, from a specimen collected at
Macquarie Harbour by
Ronald Gunn
Ronald Campbell Gunn, FRS, (4 April 1808 – 13 March 1881) was a South African-born Australian botanist and politician.
Early life
Gunn was born at Cape Town, Cape Colony, (now South Africa), the son of William Gunn, lieutenant in the Britis ...
in 1846.
It is a very low growing plant, growing to heights of 3 cm to 9.5 cm.
[ It is found in heath and button grass plains of western Tasmania at various altitudes.]
References
External links
''Haemodorum distichophyllum'': Images & occurrence data
from GBIF
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distichophyllum
''Distichophyllum'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Hookeriaceae
The Hookeriaceae are a family of mainly tropical mosses of the order Hookeriales.
It contains six genera from the UK.
Genera
As accepted by GBIF;
* '' Achrophyllu ...
Flora of Tasmania
Taxa named by William Jackson Hooker
Plants described in 1852