Goniobryum Lindb.

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Etymology

From the Greek gonion (referring to the sporophyte) and bryon (a moss).

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Description

Monoicous. Plants tufted, bright green to yellow-green above, brown below. Stems simple to fastigiately branched, tomentose and somewhat matted below. Rhizoids weakly papillose, especially on large stems, red-pink. Propagula absent. Leaves complanate, rarely 2- or 3-ranked, erect-spreading, twisted when dry, oblong to linear-lanceolate, widest at mid-leaf; apex acuminate; margin singly or doubly toothed; costa narrow, ending below apex; laminal cells large, lax.

Perichaetia basal in rhizoids. Calyptra elongate, thin, entire at base. Capsules cernuous, long-cylindrical, widest at mouth, often arcuate; operculum bluntly rostrate; exothecal cells rectangular to isodiametric, with uniformly thin cell walls. Peristome double; endostome c. half the length of the exostome. Spores smooth, globose.

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Habitat and Distribution

Goniobryum is a monotypic genus found throughout the Southern Hemisphere.

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Nomenclature And Typification

Goniobryum Lindb., Öfvers. Förh. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. 21: 606 (1865). Type: G. subbasilare (Hook.) Lindb.

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Bibliography

Dixon, H.N. (1937), Notulae bryologicae, J. Bot. 1937: 123.

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Source

S.R.Gilmore (2012), Australian Mosses Online 36. Rhizogoniaceae. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. Version 7 June 2012.

First published as:  S.R.Gilmore (2006), Rhizogoniaceae, Fl. Australia 51: 354–366. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra & CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

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Last updated: System; Feb 20, 2020 12:49 Status: Complete

Author - Scott R. Gilmore

Editor(s) - Pat M. McCarthy (2012)

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Cite this profile as: Scott R. Gilmore (2020) Goniobryum. In: Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/boa/profile/Goniobryum [Date Accessed: 13 April 2025]