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 Microbryum starckeanum

Pottiaceae Schimp.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Bryophyta(div.)
Bryopsida(cl.)
Dicranidae(subcl.)
Pottiales(ordo)
Pottiaceae(fam.)
Microbryum(gen.)
starckeanum(sp.)

Microbryum starckeanum (Hedw.) R.H.Zander

, legitimate

, scientific

Scott, G.A.M. & Stone, I.G. (1976), The mosses of southern Australia

:

175

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Pottia tasmanica Broth.

legitimate

Zander, R.H. (1993), R.H.Zander (1993), Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 32 32

:

240

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Weissia starckeana Hedw.

legitimate

Zander, R.H. (1993), Genera of the Pottiaceae.

Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci

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313

[secondary reference]

Zander, R.H. (1993), Genera of the Pottiaceae.

Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci

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240

[secondary reference]

Sollman, P. (2002), Studies on some Australian pottiaceous mosses.

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52

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Gymnostomum brevicaule Taylor

legitimate

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Pottia tasmanica Broth.

legitimate

Sollman, P. (2002), Studies on some Australian pottiaceous mosses.

:

51

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Pottia brevicaulis (Taylor) Müll.Hal.

legitimate

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Microbryum brevicaule (Taylor) R.H.Zander

legitimate

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

:

- APC

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Gymnostomum brevicaule Taylor

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Anacalypta cespitulosa Müll.Hal. & Hampe

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Pottia caespitulosa Mitt.

nom. inval.

taxonomic synonym:

Pottia tasmanica Broth.

legitimate

APC Dist.: WA, SA, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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