Australian Moss Name Index (AusMoss)

Showing Taxithelium planum
Pylaisiadelphaceae Goffinet & W.R.Buck
Taxithelium planum (Brid.) Mitt. , legitimate, scientific
Mitten, W. (1869), Musci Austro-Americani, sive enumeratio Muscorum omnium Austro-Americanorum mihi hucusque cognitorum, eorum paecipue in terris Amazonicis Andinisque Ricardo Spruceo lectorum. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 12: 496 [comb. nov.]
basionym: Hypnum planum Brid. legitimate
Ramsay, H.P., W.B. Schofield & B.C. Tan (2002), The genus Taxithelium (Bryopsida, Sematophyllaceae) in Australia. Austral. Syst. Bot 15: 587 [secondary reference]
Ramsay, H.P. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2012), 14. Pylaisiadelphaceae: Taxithelium. Australian Mosses Online <http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/Mosses_online>: 7 [secondary reference]
  • distribution: Occurrence in Australia doubtful
Klazenga, N. (2015), AusMoss: Catalogue of Australian mosses, v. 2015-11-16: - [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: NT, Qld
  • distribution: Occurrence in Australia doubtful.
  • remarks: Based on the research of Câmara (2011) and re-examination of some Australian specimens, Ramsay (2012) now considers occurrence in Australia doubtful. Australian reports most likely belong to Taxithelium nepalense.