Hornworts of Australia: Three New Anthoceros L. (Anthocerotaceae) Species from New South Wales.

D. Christine Cargill; Ruth Palsson

doi:10.7751/telopea15398

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;

Hornworts of Australia: Three New Anthoceros L. (Anthocerotaceae) Species from New South Wales.

Authors

D. Christine Cargill Australian National Herbarium http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8390-3245
Ruth Palsson University of New England

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7751/telopea15398

Keywords:

Anthoceros apocynon, Anthoceros palssoniae, Anthoceros wellmanii, section Fusiformes

Abstract

Three new species of Anthoceros sect. Fusiformes are described, all occurring on the North West Slopes and Plains of New South Wales and all sharing spore characteristics of a smooth unornamented strip either side of the triradiate mark on the proximal face. Illustrations and a distribution map are provided for all species, along with a key to Australian Anthocerotaceae.

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2021-10-29

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Vol. 24

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