Macromitrium erythrocomum (Bryophyta: Orthotrichaceae), a new species from tropical Queensland, Australia

Helen Ramsay; Andi Cairns; David Meagher

doi:10.7751/telopea11730

Systematics; Plant taxonomy; Nomenclature; Plant Evolution; Plant Conservation; Plant Morphology; Plant Phenology; Identification tools; Australia; Australasia; New South Wales; Australian Capital Territory; Queensland; Western Australia; South Australia; Northern Territory; Victoria; Tasmania; New Zealand; New Caledonia; New Guinea; Lord Howe Island;

Macromitrium erythrocomum (Bryophyta: Orthotrichaceae), a new species from tropical Queensland, Australia

Authors

Helen Ramsay National Herbarium of NSW and Macquarie University
Andi Cairns James Cook University
David Meagher University of Melbourne

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7751/telopea11730

Keywords:

Plant systematics, Bryophyta, moss, Australian Wet Tropics

Abstract

Macromitrium erythrocomum sp. nov. is recorded and described from the Wet Tropics bioregion, Queensland, Australia. A comparison is made with other Macromitrium species in the region.

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Published

2017-09-13

Issue

Vol. 20

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