Australian Moss Name Index (AusMoss)
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The Australian Moss Name Index (AusMoss) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with moss names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. AusMoss does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian mosses, please use the Australian Moss Census (AMC) link above.
Ptychomitriaceae Schimp.
Ptychomitrium acutifolium Hook.f. & Wilson
, legitimate , scientific
Wilson, W. in Hooker, J.D. (1859) , Nat. Ord. V. Musci, Juss. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2 :
180
[comb. nov.]
Mitten, W. (1859) , Descriptions of some new species of Musci from New Zealand and other parts of the Southern Hemisphere, together with an enumeration of the species collected in Tasmania by William Archer, Esq.; arranged upon the plan proposed in the 'Musci Indiae Orientalis'. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany 4 :
73
[basionym]
basionym of:
Glyphomitrium acutifolium ( Hook.f. & Wilson) Mitt.
legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1881) , Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae, Supplementum ad Volumen Undecimum :
110
[basionym]
basionym of:
Brachysteleum acutifolium ( Hook.f. & Wilson) Hampe
legitimate
Cao, T., S.L. Guo, J Chen & J Yu (2005) , Ptychomnion acutifolium Hook.f. et Wils. (Ptychomniaceae, Musci), a distinct species endemic to Australia. Cryptog., Bryol. Lichénol 26(3) :
319-320
[secondary reference]
Klazenga, N. (2015) , AusMoss: Catalogue of Australian mosses, v. 2015-11-16 :
-
[secondary reference]
APC Dist.:
WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
distribution:
W.A., S.A., Qld, N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas. Endemic.
This species was considered a synonym of P. australe by Catcheside (1980: …), but reinstated by Cao et al. (2005: 319).
Meagher, D.A. (2017) , The genus Ptychomitrium Fürnr. (Bryophyta: Ptychomitriaceae) in Australia. Telopea 20 :
50
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Brachysteleum laxifolium Müll.Hal.
legitimate
distribution:
W.A., S.A., Qld, N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas., Lord Howe I.
Klazenga, N. (2020) , Census of Australian bryophytes v. 2020-09-07 :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Brachysteleum laxifolium Müll.Hal.
legitimate
distribution:
W.A., S.A., Qld, N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas., Lord Howe I.