Australian Moss Name Index (AusMoss)

Showing Aloina rigida
Pottiaceae Schimp.
Aloina rigida (Hedw.) Limpr. , legitimate, scientific
Limpricht, K.G. (1888), Limpr. (1888), Laubm. Deutschl. 1 1: 637 [comb. nov.]
basionym: Barbula rigida Hedw. legitimate
Catcheside, D.G. (1980), Mosses of South Australia: - [secondary reference]
Klazenga, N. (2015), AusMoss: Catalogue of Australian mosses, v. 2015-11-16: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: SA
  • distribution: S.A., N.S.W., Vic.
  • remarks: Not mentioned in Flora of Australia treatment (Jolley & Milne 2012). Aloina rigida is easily recognised from Aloina aloides var. ambigua by the differentiated border of elongate, thin-walled, hyaline cells at the base of the leaves (cf. Catcheside 1980).