Calomnion
| Calomnion | |
|---|---|
| Calomnion complanatum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Bryidae |
| Order: | Rhizogoniales |
| Family: | Rhizogoniaceae |
| Genus: | Hook.f. & Wilson |
Calomnion is a genus of mosses in the family Rhizogoniaceae.[1] They have been reported from Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia, Melanesia, New Guinea, and eastern Indonesia.[2][3]
Classification
The genus was originally placed within its own family, the Calomniaceae, with the genus Nadeaudia. Nadeudia contained one species, Nadeaudia schistostegiella, which is now considered a synonym for Calomnion schistostegiellum.[4]
Species included in the genus are:[5]
- Calomnion brownseyi Vitt & H.A. Mill.
- Calomnion ceramense Vitt
- Calomnion complanatum (Hook. f. & Wilson) Lindb. (type species)
- Calomnion denticulatum Mitt.
- Calomnion iwatsukii Vitt
- Calomnion lillianiae Vitt & H.A. Mill.
- Calomnion melanesicum H.A. Mill.
- Calomnion milleri Vitt
- Calomnion schistostegiellum (Besch.) Wijk & Margad.
References
- ^ Bell, Neil E.; Quandt, Dietmar; O'Brien, Terry J.; Newton, Angela E. (2007). "Taxonomy and Phylogeny in the Earliest Diverging Pleurocarps: Square Holes and Bifurcating Pegs". The Bryologist. 110 (3): 533–560. ISSN 0007-2745.
- ^ Vitt, D. H. 1991. A new species of Calomnion (Bryopsida) from Lord Howe Island. Novon 1: 53–55.
- ^ Vitt, D. H. 1995. The genus Calomnion (Bryopsida): taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography. Bryologist 98: 338–358.
- ^ "Tropicos".
- ^ The Plant List