NZ Moss Flora: Sample Plates

Atrichum androgynum (Müll.Hal.) A.Jaeger (Polytrichaceae). An Austral species in a genus known to most bryologists. This species is widespread throughout the main islands of New Zealand.

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Fallaciella sp. nov. (Sematophyllaceae). An undescribed, apparently endemic species in a genus of Austral distribution. This species occurs in the species-rich mountains of the northwest corner of the South Island.

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Pleurophascum grandiglobum var. decurrens Sainsbury (Pleurophascaceae). The New Zealand representative of a small Australasian genus of uncertain affinities. The New Zealand plant will be given specific status in a pending publication.

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Buxbaumia aphylla and Buxbaumia novae-zelandiae (Buxbaumiaceae). A widely recognised genus including one bipolar species and one apparent New Zealand endemic. Both species occur at scattered localities on the main islands of New Zealand.

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Schistidium rivulare var. subflexifolium (Müll.Hal.) comb. nov. (in press) (Grimmiaceae). An endemic subalpine variety in a widely recognised genus. The species has a bipolar distribution.

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Ephemeropsis trentepohlioides (Renner) Sainsbury (Ephemeropsaceae). A highly reduced, hookeriaceous, twig-inhabiting Australasian species, which occurs in high-rainfall localities on the main islands of New Zealand.

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