Australian Moss Name Index (AusMoss)

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.

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Showing Sphagnum cristatum

Sphagnaceae Dumort.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Bryophyta(div.)
Sphagnopsida(cl.)
Sphagnales(ordo)
Sphagnaceae(fam.)
Sphagnum(gen.)
Sphagnum(sect.)
cristatum(sp.)

Sphagnum cristatum Hampe

, legitimate

, scientific

Hampe, G.E.L. (1874), Species muscorum novas ex Herbario Melbourneo Australiae.

Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde

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661

[comb. nov.]

Dalton, P.J., R.D. Seppelt & A.M. Buchanan (1991), An annotated checklist of Tasmanian mosses

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28

[secondary reference]

Fife, A.J. (1996), A synopsis of New Zealand Sphagna, with a description of S. simplex sp. nov.

New Zealand J. Bot

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313

[secondary reference]

Seppelt, R.D. (2000), The Sphagnopsida (Sphagnaceae; Ambuchananiaceae) in Australia.

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166

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum pachycladum Müll.Hal.

nom. inval., nom. nud.

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum medium Limpr.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum wilcoxii Müll.Hal.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum whiteleggei Müll.Hal.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum leionotum Müll.Hal.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum maximum Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum grandifolium Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum wardellense Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum decipiens Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum decipiens var. rotundatum Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum grandifolium var. densum Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum grandifolium var. brachycladum Warnst.

legitimate

Seppelt, R.D. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2006), Sphagnaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

92

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum subbicolor Hampe

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum pachycladum Müll.Hal.

nom. inval., nom. nud.

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum wilcoxii Müll.Hal.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum australe Schimp.

nom. illeg.

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum maximum Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum cymbophyllum F.Muell.

nom. illeg.

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum decipiens f. anocladum Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum decipiens f. squarrulosa Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum wardellense Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum decipiens var. obovatum Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum decipiens Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum decipiens var. rotundatum Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum grandifolium var. densum Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum grandifolium f. laxifolium Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum grandifolium var. brachycladum Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum maximum var. squarrosulum Warnst.

legitimate

Klazenga, N. (2015), AusMoss: Catalogue of Australian mosses, v. 2015-11-16

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-

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum subbicolor Hampe

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum pachycladum Müll.Hal.

nom. inval., nom. nud.

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum wilcoxii Müll.Hal.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum whiteleggei Müll.Hal.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum leionotum Müll.Hal.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum australe Schimp.

nom. illeg.

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum maximum Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum cymbophyllum F.Muell.

nom. illeg.

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum grandifolium Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum wardellense Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum decipiens Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum decipiens var. rotundatum Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum decipiens var. obovatum Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum maximum var. squarrosulum Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum grandifolium var. densum Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum grandifolium var. brachycladum Warnst.

legitimate

APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

distribution: Qld, N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas.

Klazenga, N. (2023), Census of Australian Bryophytes v. 2023-02-28

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- APC

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum subbicolor Hampe

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum pachycladum Müll.Hal.

nom. inval., nom. nud.

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum wilcoxii Müll.Hal.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum australe Schimp.

nom. illeg.

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum cymbophyllum F.Muell.

nom. illeg.

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum maximum Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum decipiens f. squarrulosa Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum decipiens f. anocladum Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum decipiens var. rotundatum Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum decipiens Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum decipiens var. obovatum Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum wardellense Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum maximum var. squarrosulum Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum grandifolium var. brachycladum Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum grandifolium f. laxifolium Warnst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum grandifolium var. densum Warnst.

legitimate

distribution: Qld, N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas.
remarks: Changed concept excludes Sphagnum grandifolium, which is now included in S. perichaetiale, following the Flora of Australia treatment (Seppelt 2006). South Australian and Queensland reports not confirmed by Seppelt (2000: 166; 2006a: 92). Southern Queensland occurrences are however mapped in Flora of Australia Vol. 51 (map 1, p. 390).