Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Leptobryum
Meesiaceae Schimp.
Leptobryum (Schimp.) Wilson , legitimate, scientific
Wilson, W.M. (1855), Bryologia Britannicae: 219 [comb. nov.]
basionym: Bryum subg. Leptobryum Schimp. legitimate
Ramsay, H.P. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2006), Leptobryum in Meesiaceae. Flora of Australia 51: 182 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Bryum subg. Leptobryum Schimp. legitimate
  • Comment: from the Greek lepto (delicate or slender) and bryon (a moss), in reference to the delicate leaves of these mosses