New Zealand Journal of Botany abstract

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Studies of Fissidens (Bryophyta: Musci) in New Zealand: F. strictus Hook.f. & Wils. and F. berteroi (Mont.) C. Muell., with a discussion of aquatic adaptations

JESSICA E. BEEVER

c/o Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research
Mt Albert Research Centre
Private Bag 92170
Auckland, New Zealand

Abstract  Fissidens strictus and F. berteroi are two Southern Hemisphere aquatic mosses which are apparently rare in New Zealand, but known from widely scattered localities. They contrast in morphology, F. strictus being a typical rheophyte, with stiff compact shoots, while F. berteroi has the lax habit typical of a limnophyte. Their detailed morphology is described and illustrated, their known New Zealand distribution documented, and observations made on their ecology. Fissidens strictus is lectotypified.

Keywords  moss; bryophyte; taxonomy; Fissidens strictus; Fissidens berteroi; New Zealand; aquatic plants; rheophyte; limnophyte

New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1995, Vol. 33: 291-299

0028-825X/95/3303-0291 $2.50/0 (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand 1995

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