This is the first of three volumes describing and illustrating more than 1000 species of Australian mosses. Together, these volumes represented the first national account of these diverse and ecologically significant organisms. The main features of the first volume are:
An introduction documenting 200 years of research on Australian mosses; moss classification and an overview of morphology and sexuality; an account of ecology and biodiversity; the origin and evolution of mosses; fossil bryophytes; and a key to the more than 300 genera of mosses known from Australia and its island territories.
The volume includes traditional, Flora of Australia-style descriptions of 22 families, 42 genera and 238 species and infra-specific taxa, including synonymy, specimen citations and notes on habitat and distribution. Distribution maps are provided for each species and infra-specific taxon, as well as more than 50 pages of line-art illustrating habit and anatomy and 64 colour photographs.
Author(s): Australian Biological Resources Study
Series: Flora Of Australia (vol. 51)
Publisher: Australian Biological Resources Study
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 472
Tags: Mosses, Bryophytes
Front Cover
Front Flap
Endpaper
Frontispiece
Title
Copyright
CONTENTS
CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME 51
ILLUSTRATORS
PHOTOGRAPHERS
INTRODUCTION
Scope and Presentation of the Flora
Acknowledgments
Editor’s Note
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HISTORY OF RESEARCH ON AUSTRALIAN MOSSES
Early 1800s to 1950
New South Wales
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Recent Research
References
INTRODUCTION TO MOSSES
Classification
Life History, Morphology and Terminology
Stages of the gametophyte generation
Stages of the sporophyte generation
Morphology and terminology
The Gametophyte
Spores
Protonema
The Gametophore
Stems
Leaves
Leaf cell anatomy
Leaf costa
Rhizoids
Asexual reproductive structures
Gametangia and sexuality
Calyptra
The Sporophyte
Foot
Seta
Capsule
Peristome
Reproductive Biology, Cytology and Genetics
Sexual reproduction
Asexual reproduction
Cytology and genetics
Ecology, Distribution and Biogeography
Ecology
Life forms
Turfs
Cushions
Mats and wefts
Pendants, dendroids, tails and fans
Life strategies
Distribution
Biogeography
Origin and Evolution of Mosses
Evolutionary trends in mosses
Nematodontous peristomes
Arthrodontous peristomes
References
FOSSIL RECORD OF BRYOPHYTES
Origin of the Bryophytes
Fossil Record of Hepatics
Fossil Record of Anthocerotes
Fossil Record of Mosses
The Australian Fossil Record
Conclusions
References
KEY TO THE GENERA OF AUSTRALIAN MOSSES
SPHAGNACEAE
SPHAGNUM
Sect. 1. Sphagnum
1. Sphagnum cristatum
2. Sphagnum perichaetiale
Sect. 2. Rigida
3. Sphagnum australe
Sect. 3. Cuspidata
4. Sphagnum falcatulum
Sect. 4. Subsecunda
5. Sphagnum fuscovinosum
6. Sphagnum novozelandicum
Doubtful and Excluded Names
AMBUCHANANIACEAE
AMBUCHANANIA
Ambuchanania leucobryoides
ANDREAEACEAE
ANDREAEA
1. Andreaea acuminata
2. Andreaea acutifolia
3. Andreaea alpina
4. Andreaea amblyophylla
5. Andreaea australis
6. Andreaea flabellata
7. Andreaea flexuosa
8. Andreaea gainii
9. Andreaea heinemannii
10. Andreaea huttonii
11. Andreaea microvaginata
12. Andreaea mutabilis
13. Andreaea nitida
14. Andreaea subulata
15. Andreaea sp.
Doubtful and Excluded Names
POLYTRICHACEAE
KEY TO SPECIES
1. ATRICHUM
Atrichum androgynum
2. DAWSONIA
1. Dawsonia longiseta
2. Dawsonia polytrichoides
3. Dawsonia superba
3. NOTOLIGOTRICHUM
1. Notoligotrichum australe
2. Notoligotrichum crispulum
4. POGONATUM
1. Pogonatum neesii
2. Pogonatum subulatum
3. Pogonatum tubulosum
5. POLYTRICHADELPHUS
Polytrichadelphus magellanicus
6. POLYTRICHASTRUM
1. Polytrichastrum alpinum
2. Polytrichastrum formosum
7. POLYTRICHUM
1. Polytrichum commune
2. Polytrichum juniperinum
Doubtful and Excluded Names
GIGASPERMACEAE
GIGASPERMUM
Gigaspermum repens
Excluded Name
ARCHIDIACEAE
ARCHIDIUM
1. Archidium birmanicum
2. Archidium brevinerve
3. Archidium capense
4. Archidium clarksonianum
5. Archidium clavatum
6. Archidium elatum
7. Archidium indicum
8. Archidium microthecium
9. Archidium minutissimum
10. Archidium ohioense
11. Archidium rehmannii
12. Archidium rothii
13. Archidium stellatum
14. Archidium subulatum
15. Archidium thalliferum
16. Archidium wattsii
17. Archidium sp. A
18. Archidium sp. B
19. Archidium sp. C
Excluded Names
SPLACHNOBRYACEAE
KEY TO GENERA
1. GYMNOSTOMIELLA
Gymnostomiella vernicosa
2. SPLACHNOBRYUM
Splachnobryum obtusum
EPHEMERACEAE
ERPODIACEAE
ERPODIUM
1. Erpodium beccarii
1a. Erpodium beccarii var. beccarii
1b. Erpodium beccarii var. longicalyptratum
2. Erpodium biseriatum
3. Erpodium coronatum
4. Erpodium glaucum
5. Erpodium hodgkinsoniae
6. Erpodium solmsiellaceum
KEY TO GENERA
1. EPHEMERUM
1. Ephemerum capense
2. Ephemerum cristatum
3. Ephemerum fimbriatum
4. Ephemerum furcatum
5. Ephemerum recurvifolium
6. Ephemerum rehmannii
2. NANOMITRIOPSIS
Nanomitriopsis longifolia
Excluded Names
SPLACHNACEAE
TAYLORIA
1. Tayloria callophylla
2. Tayloria gunnii
3. Tayloria octoblepharum
4. Tayloria purpurascens
5. Tayloria tasmanica
Excluded Names
MEESIACEAE
KEY TO GENERA
1. LEPTOBRYUM
Leptobryum pyriforme
2. MEESIA
1. Meesia muelleri
2. Meesia triquetra
ORTHOTRICHACEAE
KEY TO GENERA
1. GROUTIELLA
Groutiella tomentosa
2. MACROCOMA
Macrocoma tenuis
3. MACROMITRIUM
1. Macromitrium archeri
2. Macromitrium aurescens
3. Macromitrium brachypodium
4. Macromitrium brevicaule
5. Macromitrium caloblastoides
6. Macromitrium diaphanum
7. Macromitrium dielsii
8. Macromitrium exsertum
9. Macromitrium funiforme
10. Macromitrium hemitrichodes
11. Macromitrium hortoniae
12. Macromitrium incurvifolium
13. Macromitrium involutifolium
13a. Macromitrium involutifolium subsp. involutifolium
13b. Macromitrium involutifolium subsp. ptychomitrioides
14. Macromitrium leratii
15. Macromitrium ligulaefolium
16. Macromitrium ligulare
17. Macromitrium longirostre
18. Macromitrium microstomum
19. Macromitrium repandum
20. Macromitrium stoneae
21. Macromitrium subulatum
Nomina nuda
4. ORTHOTRICHUM
1. Orthotrichum assimile
2. Orthotrichum cupulatum
3. Orthotrichum hortense
4. Orthotrichum rupestre
5. Orthotrichum tasmanicum
5. SCHLOTHEIMIA
1. Schlotheimia brownii
2. Schlotheimia funiformis
6. STONEOBRYUM
Stoneobryum bunyaense
7. ULOTA
1. Ulota cochleata
2. Ulota laticiliata
3. Ulota lutea
3a. Ulota lutea (Hook.f. & Wilson) Mitt. var. lutea
3b. Ulota lutea var. robusta
4. Ulota membranata
5. Ulota viridis
5a. Ulota viridis Venturi var. viridis
5b. Ulota viridis var. dixonii
Excluded Names
8. ZYGODON
1. Zygodon gracillimus
2. Zygodon hookeri
3. Zygodon intermedius
4. Zygodon menziesii
5. Zygodon minutus
6. Zygodon obtusifolius
AULACOMNIACEAE
AULACOMNIUM
Aulacomnium palustre
BARTRAMIACEAE
KEY TO GENERA
1. BARTRAMIA
1. Bartramia alaris
2. Bartramia breutelii
3. Bartramia hampeana
4. Bartramia mossmaniana
5. Bartramia nothostricta
6. Bartramia pseudostricta
7. Bartramia robusta
8. Bartramia strictifolia
9. Bartramia subsymmetrica
2. BREUTELIA
1. Breutelia affinis
2. Breutelia elongata
3. Breutelia pendula
4. Breutelia pseudophilonotis
5. Breutelia sp. A
Doubtful Names
3. CONOSTOMUM
1. Conostomum curvirostre
2. Conostomum pentastichum
3. Conostomum pusillum
4. PHILONOTIS
1. Philonotis australiensis
2. Philonotis hastata
3. Philonotis pallida
4. Philonotis pyriformis
5. Philonotis scabrifolia
6. Philonotis slateri
7. Philonotis tenuis
Doubtful Names
ORTHODONTIACEAE
ORTHODONTIUM
1. Orthodontium lineare
2. Orthodontium pallens
BRYACEAE
KEY TO GENERA
1. BRACHYMENIUM
1. Brachymenium lanceolatum
2. Brachymenium nepalense
Doubtful and Excluded Names
2. BRYUM
1. Bryum argenteum
2. Bryum auratum
3. Bryum harriottii
4. Bryum lanatum
5. Bryum subrotundifolium
Excluded Species
3. GEMMABRYUM
1. Gemmabryum acuminatum
2. Gemmabryum apiculatum
3. Gemmabryum australe
4. Gemmabryum austrosabulosum
5. Gemmabryum cheelii
6. Gemmabryum chrysoneuron
7. Gemmabryum clavatum
8. Gemmabryum coarctatum
9. Gemmabryum coronatum
10. Gemmabryum crassum
11. Gemmabryum dichotomum
12. Gemmabryum eremaeum
13. Gemmabryum exile
14. Gemmabryum inaequale
15. Gemmabryum indicum
16. Gemmabryum klinggraeffii
17. Gemmabryum laevigatum
18. Gemmabryum pachythecum
19. Gemmabryum preissianum
20. Gemmabryum radiculosum
21. Gemmabryum rubens
22. Gemmabryum sauteri
23. Gemmabryum subapiculatum
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BRYACEAE continued
3. GEMMABRYUM continued
24. Gemmabryum sullivanii
25. Gemmabryum tenuisetum
4. OCHIOBRYUM
Ochiobryum blandum
5. PLAGIOBRYUM
Plagiobryum cellulare
6. PTYCHOSTOMUM
1. Ptychostomum altisetum
2. Ptychostomum angustifolium
3. Ptychostomum creberrimum
4. Ptychostomum cylindrothecium
5. Ptychostomum pseudotriquetrum
7. RHODOBRYUM
Rhodobryum aubertii
8. ROSULABRYUM
1. Rosulabryum albolimbatum
2. Rosulabryum billarderi
3. Rosulabryum campylothecium
4. Rosulabryum capillare
5. Rosulabryum epiphyticum
6. Rosulabryum lamingtonicum
7. Rosulabryum leptothrix
8. Rosulabryum microrhodon
9. Rosulabryum queenslandicum
10. Rosulabryum subfasciculatum
11. Rosulabryum subtomentosum
12. Rosulabryum torquescens
13. Rosulabryum tuberosum
14. Rosulabryum wightii
LEPTOSTOMACEAE
LEPTOSTOMUM
1. Leptostomum erectum
2. Leptostomum inclinans
3. Leptostomum macrocarpon
Excluded Name
RHIZOGONIACEAE
KEY TO GENERA
1. GONIOBRYUM
Goniobryum subbasilare
2. HYMENODON
Hymenodon pilifer
3. LEPTOTHECA
Leptotheca gaudichaudii
a. Leptotheca gaudichaudii var. gaudichaudii
b. Leptotheca gaudichaudii var. wattsii
4. MESOCHAETE
1. Mesochaete taxiforme
2. Mesochaete undulata
5. PYRRHOBRYUM
1. Pyrrhobryum bifarium
2. Pyrrhobryum latifolium
3. Pyrrhobryum medium
4. Pyrrhobryum mnioides
5. Pyrrhobryum paramattense
6. Pyrrhobryum spiniforme
6. RHIZOGONIUM
1. Rhizogonium distichum
2. Rhizogonium graeffeanum
3. Rhizogonium novaehollandiae
4. Rhizogonium pennatum
Doubtful Species
CALOMNIACEAE
CALOMNION
Calomnion complanatum
MITTENIACEAE
MITTENIA
Mittenia plumula
RACOPILACEAE
KEY TO GENERA
1. POWELLIA
1. Powellia integra
2. Powellia involutifolia
2. RACOPILUM
1. Racopilum cuspidigerum
1a. Racopilum cuspidigerum var. cuspidigerum
1b. Racopilum cuspidigerum var. convolutaceum
2. Racopilum strumiferum
HYPOPTERYGIACEAE
KEY TO GENERA
1. CYATHOPHORUM
Cyathophorum bulbosum
Doubtful Records
2. HYPOPTERYGIUM
1. Hypopterygium didictyon
2. Hypopterygium discolor
3. Hypopterygium tamarisci
Doubtful Species
3. LOPIDIUM
1. Lopidium concinnum
2. Lopidium struthiopteris
Doubtful Species
Maps
APPENDIX
New taxa, combinations and lectotypifications
AMBUCHANANIALES
Ambuchananiaceae
ANDREAEACEAE
POLYTRICHACEAE
SPLACHNOBRYACEAE
SPLACHNACEAE
ORTHOTRICHACEAE
BRYACEAE
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