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 Pleuridium nervosum

Ditrichaceae Limpr.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Bryophyta(div.)
Bryopsida(cl.)
Dicranidae(subcl.)
Dicranales(ordo)
Ditrichaceae(fam.)
Pleuridium(gen.)
nervosum(sp.)

Pleuridium nervosum (Hook.) Mitt.

, legitimate

, scientific

Mitten, W. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1856), A list of the musci and hepaticae collected in Victoria, Australia, by Dr. F. Mueller.

Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany

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257

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Phascum nervosum Hook.

legitimate

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

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[secondary reference]

distribution: W.A., N.T., S.A., Qld, N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas., ?Lord Howe I.

Cairns, A.; Meagher, D. (2017), Significant range extensions and new records of mosses from tropical Australia.

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[secondary reference]

Cairns, A.; Meagher, D.; Ramsay, H.P. (2019), A revised checklist of the moss flora of the Australian Wet Tropics.

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[secondary reference]

Brinda, J.C.; Atwood, J.J. (ed.) (2023), The Bryophyte Nomenclator, 11 Dec 2023. https://www.bryonames.org/

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[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Astomum brachycaulon Müll.Hal.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Pleuridium nervosum var. minus Watts & Whitel. ex G.Roth

legitimate

Klazenga, N. (2023), Census of Australian bryophytes v. 2023-12-15

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- APC

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Phascum gracilentum Mitt.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Phascum curvulum Taylor

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Astomum brachycaulon Müll.Hal.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Astomum sullivanii Müll.Hal.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Astomum subexserens Müll.Hal.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Pleuridium nervosum var. minus Watts & Whitel. ex G.Roth

legitimate

distribution: W.A., N.T., S.A., Qld, N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas., ?Lord Howe I.