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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This search uses an automatic wild card at the end of the query to match all endings (unless the query is in double quotes).
The query is an ordered set of search terms, so viola l. will match "Viola L." and "Viola L. sect Viola."
Putting double quotes around your entire query will cause it to be matched exactly (except case). e.g. "Viola L." will match just Viola L.
You can use a % as a wild card inside the search query e.g. hakea elon% be or "hakea % var. elon% benth." to find "Hakea ceratophylla var. elongata Benth."

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Showing Sphagnum perichaetiale

Sphagnaceae Dumort.

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

Sphagnum perichaetiale Hampe

, legitimate

, scientific

Müller, J.K.(C.)A.(F.W.) (1848), Synopsis Muscorum Frondosorum omnium hucusque Cognitorum 1

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66

[comb. nov.]

Eddy, A. (1977), Sphagnales of tropical Asia.

Bull. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot

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380

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum beccarii Hampe

legitimate

Stone, I.G. (1990), Nomenclatural changes and new moss records in Australia.

Journal of Bryology

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266

[secondary reference]

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

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168

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum beccarii Hampe

legitimate

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

Flora of Australia

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94

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum beccarii Hampe

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum grandifolium Warnst.

legitimate

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

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-

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum beccarii Hampe

legitimate

APC Dist.: NT, Qld, NSW

distribution: N.T., Qld, N.S.W.

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

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- APC

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum beccarii Hampe

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sphagnum grandifolium Warnst.

legitimate

APC Dist.: NT, Qld, NSW

distribution: N.T., Qld, N.S.W.
remarks: New concept includes Sphagnum grandifolium, which was formerly included in S. cristatum, following Flora of Australia treatment (Seppelt, 2006).