Australian Moss Name Index (AusMoss)

Showing Racomitrium pruinosum
Grimmiaceae Arn.
Racomitrium pruinosum (Wilson) Müll.Hal. , legitimate, scientific
Müller, J.K.(C.)A.(F.W.) (1869), Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-koniglichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 19: 224 [comb. nov.]
basionym: Racomitrium lanuginosum var. pruinosum Wilson legitimate
Vitt, D.H. & Marsh, C. (1988), Population variation and phytogeography of Racomitrium lanuginosum and R. pruinosum. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia 90: 256 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Racomitrium austrocanescens Dusén legitimate
Vitt, D.H. & Marsh, C. (1988), Population variation and phytogeography of Racomitrium lanuginosum and R. pruinosum. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia 90: - [secondary reference]
Dalton, P.J., R.D. Seppelt & A.M. Buchanan (1991), An annotated checklist of Tasmanian mosses: 21 [secondary reference]
Seppelt, R.D. (2004), The moss flora of Macquarie Island: 165 [secondary reference]
Klazenga, N. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2012), 62. Grimmiaceae: Racomitrium. Australian Mosses Online <http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/Mosses_online>: - [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Racomitrium austrocanescens Dusén legitimate
Klazenga, N. (2015), AusMoss: Catalogue of Australian mosses, v. 2015-11-16: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Racomitrium austrocanescens Dusén legitimate
  • APC Dist.: NSW, Vic, Tas, HI, MI
  • distribution: N.S.W., ?Vic., Tas., Macquarie I., Heard I.
  • remarks: Vitt & Marsh (1988) did not confirm Queensland and Macquarie Island reports. Seppelt (2004: 168) states that: "Although previously reported from Macquarie Island as R. lanuginosum all the specimens examined so far have been referable to R. pruinosum".