''Haplomitrium gibbsiae'' is a
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of
liverwort
Liverworts are a group of non-vascular land plants forming the division Marchantiophyta (). They may also be referred to as hepatics. Like mosses and hornworts, they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, in which cells of the plant carry ...
.
The specific Latin
epithet
An epithet (, ), also a byname, is a descriptive term (word or phrase) commonly accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a real or fictitious person, place, or thing. It is usually literally descriptive, as in Alfred the Great, Suleima ...
of ''gibbsiae'' is in honour of
Lilian Gibbs
Lilian Suzette Gibbs (1870–1925) was a British botanist who worked for the British Museum in London and was an authority on mountain ecosystems.
Education
She studied initially at Swanley Horticultural College in Kent, UK (1899-1901) and th ...
(1870–1925), a British botanist.
References
Calobryales
Plants described in 1917
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