Stipe leaves to 2.0 (–2.3) mm long; base not narrowed at the insertion, or slightly narrowed in some leaves. Geminate teeth usually numerous in branch leaves. All Australian plants are poorly developed.
Occurs in rainforest and Araucaria plantations in north-eastern Qld. Grows on rocks in stream beds, in deep shade, from sea level up to c. 1250 m alt. This subspecies is especially common in central and eastern Malesia, Melanesia and Polynesia.
Hypnodendron vitiense subsp. vitiense Touw, Blumea 19: 285 (1971).
Qld: Atherton Tableland, B.O. van Zanten 681334 (GRO, L).
A. Touw, Blumea 19: 280, fig. 23a, b, f–i, m–o, q, s, u (1971).
Touw, A. (1971). A taxonomic revision of the Hypnodendraceae (Musci). Blumea 19: 211–354.
Touw, A. (2012). Australian Mosses Online 22. Hypnodendraceae. (Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra). Version 18 May 2012.
Touw, A. (2012). Australian Mosses Online 22. Hypnodendraceae. (Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra). Version 18 May 2012.
Author - Andries Touw
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Cite this profile as: Andries Touw (2024) Hypnodendron vitiense subsp. vitiense. 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/Hypnodendron%20vitiense%20subsp.%20vitiense [Date Accessed: 12 April 2025]