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New Zealand Journal of Botany abstract
New Zealand Journal of Botany abstract
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B97042
Received 27 June 1997; accepted 17 September 1997
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1998, Vol. 36: 71-90
0028-825X/98/3601-071 $7.00 (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand 1998
Studies of Fissidens (Bryophyta: Musci) in New Zealand: Section Amblyothallia
JESSICA E. BEEVER
c/o Landcare Research
Mt Albert Research Centre
Private Bag 92170
Auckland, New Zealand
ILMA G. STONE
Botany School
University of Melbourne
Parkville
Vic 3052, Australia
Abstract The moss genus Fissidens Hedw. Section
Ambylothallia Müll.Hal. is revised for New Zealand. Three species
and two varieties are recognised: F. asplenioides Hedw., F.
pallidus Hook.f. & Wilson, F. oblongifolius Hook.f. & Wilson
var. oblongifolius, F. oblongifolius var. capitatus
(Hook.f. & Wilson) Hook.f. & Wilson, and the new combination F.
oblongifolius var. hyophilus (Mitt.) J.E.Beever & I.G.Stone.
Descriptions and illustrations are provided, with comments on distribution and
ecology. A key is given to distinguish the taxa and to separate them from F.
taxifolius Hedw., with which several have been confused. Brief notes are
given on the distribution of these taxa in Australia, and a new combination is
made for a variety known only from Australia, Fissidens
oblongifolius var. palmerstonensis (I.G.Stone) J.E.Beever &
I.G.Stone.Keywords moss; bryophyte; taxonomy; ecology; Fissidens; New Zealand
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