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Occurrence record: M045636

Preserved specimen of Weymouthia mollis (Hedw.) Broth. | Fine Festoon-moss recorded on 2025-09-06

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Dataset

Data resource	WELT Herbarium at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Institution code	Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Supplied institution code "NMNZ"
Collection	Herbarium of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Supplied collection code "WELT"
Catalog number	M045636
Occurrence ID	tepapa:collection/object/2462455
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by	Leon Perrie
Collector	Leon Perrie \| Kate Jordan \| Jeremy Rolfe \| Wellington Botanical Society
Record number	LRP 12422-1
License	CC-BY 4.0 (Int) Supplied as Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0)
Rights holder	Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Institution ID	https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/institution/2749cf1e-60d9-4b03-9c71-3763632b8f78
Language	en
Type	PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence	PRESENT Supplied as present
Identified by ID	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2118-3534
recorded by ID	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22668628 \| https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57385972 \| https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2118-3534 Supplied as https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2118-3534 \| https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22668628 \| https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57385972
Owner institution code	NMNZ
Collection	https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/collection/6b5044bb-5fff-49ef-89c1-f52ae9e81550
Dataset / Survey name	[WELT Herbarium at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa]
Dataset	[tepapa:collection/dataset/plants]
Access rights	https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/api-terms-of-use
Date identified	2025-09-06
Identification ID	tepapa:collection/identification/2462455/126

Event

Dataset / Survey name	WELT Herbarium at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Event ID	tepapa:collection/fieldcollection/358409
Occurrence date	2025-09-06
Verbatim event date	06 Sep 2025
End day of year	249
Date precision	DAY
Start day of year	249

Taxonomy

Higher classification	Plantae \| Embryophyta \| Bryophytes \| Hepaticopsida \| Bryales \| Lembophyllaceae \| Weymouthia \| mollis
Scientific name	Weymouthia mollis Supplied scientific name "Weymouthia mollis (Hedw.) Broth."
Identified to rank	species
Common name	Fine Festoon-moss Supplied common name "mosses \| moss"
Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Bryophyta
Class	Bryopsida
Order	Hypnales
Family	Lembophyllaceae
Genus	Weymouthia
Species	Weymouthia mollis
Name match metric	exactMatch
Scientific name authorship	(Hedw.) Broth.
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code	ICBN

Geospatial

Country	New Zealand
State or Territory	North Island, Southern North Island
Locality	Lower Hutt, Wainuiomata, Mowlem, Innes Bush QEII covenant.
Habitat	Supplied as "On twigs of Metrosideros diffusa. Steep hillside forest of Melicytus ramiflorus and Cyathea dealbata."
Latitude	-41.2519 Supplied as: "-41.2519"
Longitude	174.9664 Supplied as: "174.9664"
Datum	EPSG:4326 Supplied datum: "WGS1984"
Min elevation	380
Coordinate precision	Unknown
Terrestrial	true
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Continent	Oceania
Marine	false
Country Code	NZ

Additional properties

verbatim identification	Weymouthia mollis (Hedw.) Broth.

User flagged issues

Data quality tests

Test name	Result
CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH	Warning
Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid	Warning
Show/Hide 100 passed properties
Ambiguous collection	Passed
Ambiguous institution	Passed
Basis of record badly formed	Passed
Collection match fuzzy	Passed
Collection not matched	Passed
Continent country mismatch	Passed
Continent derived from coordinates	Passed
CONTINENT_DERIVED_FROM_COUNTRY	Passed
Continent invalid	Passed
Coordinates centre of country	Passed
Supplied coordinates centre of state	Passed
Coordinate invalid	Passed
Coordinates are out of range for species	Passed
Coordinates converted to WGS84	Passed
Decimal latitude/longitude conversion failed	Passed
Coordinate reprojection suspicious	Passed
Coordinate rounded	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied country	Passed
Country inferred from coordinates	Passed
Country invalid	Passed
Country mismatch	Passed
Different owner institution	Passed
Min and max altitude reversed	Passed
Altitude value non-numeric	Passed
Altitude value supplied in feet	Passed
Elevation unlikely	Passed
First of the century	Passed
First of the month	Passed
First of the year	Passed
Geodetic datum assumed WGS84	Passed
Unrecognized geodetic datum	Passed
Georeferenced after occurrence date	Passed
Identified date invalid	Passed
Identified date unlikely	Passed
Identification date before occurrence date	Passed
Institution and Collection mismatch	Passed
Institution match fuzzy	Passed
Institution not matched	Passed
Interpretation error	Passed
Invalid scientific name	Passed
Location not supplied	Passed
Missing collection date	Passed
Missing geodetic datum	Passed
Missing taxon rank	Passed
Modified date invalid	Passed
Modified date unlikely	Passed
Multimedia date invalid	Passed
Multimedia uri invalid	Passed
Name not supplied	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from basis of record	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from individual count	Passed
Occurrence status unparsable	Passed
Latitude is negated	Passed
Longitude is negated	Passed
Presumed swapped coordinate	Passed
Recorded date invalid	Passed
Recorded date mismatch	Passed
Recorded date unlikely	Passed
References uri invalid	Passed
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_AND_ID_INCONSISTENT	Passed
Sensitivity report invalid	Passed
Sensitivity report not loadable	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied state	Passed
Taxon affinity species	Passed
TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_NOT_FOUND	Passed
Taxon confer species	Passed
Taxon default match	Passed
Taxon error	Passed
Taxon excluded	Passed
Taxon excluded associated	Passed
Taxon homonym	Passed
Taxon indeterminate species	Passed
Taxon match aggregate	Passed
Taxon match fuzzy	Passed
Taxon match higher rank	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_NAME_AND_ID_AMBIGUOUS	Passed
Taxon match none	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_IGNORED	Passed
Taxon misapplied	Passed
Taxon misapplied matched	Passed
Taxon parent child synonym	Passed
Taxon question species	Passed
Resource taxonomic scope mismatch	Passed
Taxon species plural	Passed
Coordinate precision and uncertainty transposed	Passed
Uncertainty not specified	Passed
Supplied country not recognised	Passed
Kingdom not recognised	Passed
Unrecognized collection code	Passed
Unrecognized institution code	Passed
Supplied coordinates are zero	Passed
Biosecurity issue	Passed
Suspected outlier	Passed
Geospatial issue	Passed
Habitat incorrect for species	Passed
Taxon misidentified	Passed
Taxonomic issue	Passed
Temporal issue	Passed
Other issue	Passed
Duplicate record	Passed
Show/Hide 5 missing properties
Missing georeferenced by	Missing
Missing georeference protocol	Missing
Missing georeference sources	Missing
Missing georeference verification status	Missing
Missing georeference date	Missing
Show/Hide 17 tests that have not been run
Coordinate precision invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint SRS invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max depth reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Type status invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Individual count invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Individual count conflicts with occurrence status	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)

Additional political boundaries information

Biodiversity
NZ Ecological Districts 1987	Tararua
Political
NZ Land Provinces	Wellington Region
NZ Land Registration Districts	Wellington
World Country Boundaries	New Zealand

Environmental sampling for this location

Biodiversity
Occurrence Density	1869.0 frequency
Species Richness	1007.0 frequency
Climate
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual	1648.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter	491.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month	88.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter	308.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality	19.92954 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter	331.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month	184.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter	491.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean	11.466667 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range	16.5 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min	3.6 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean	7.4333334 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean	7.416667 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean	15.4 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality	44.949493 %
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality	327.75638
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max	20.1 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean	15.5 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean	7.4333334 °C
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality	46.0 %

AVH

The Australasian Virtual Herbarium