Calomnion

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]

Calomnion
Calomnion complanatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Rhizogoniales
Family: Rhizogoniaceae
Genus: Calomnion
Hook.f. & Wilson

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
  1. Bell, N., Quandt, D., O'Brien, T., & Newton, A. (2007). Taxonomy and Phylogeny in the Earliest Diverging Pleurocarps: Square Holes and Bifurcating Pegs. The Bryologist, 110(3), 533-560. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/20110887
  2. Vitt, D. H. 1991. A new species of Calomnion (Bryopsida) from Lord Howe Island. Novon 1: 53–55.
  3. Vitt, D. H. 1995. The genus Calomnion (Bryopsida): taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography. Bryologist 98: 338–358.
  4. "Tropicos".
  5. The Plant List
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