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Description
Stipe leaves to 2.9 mm long; base narrowed at insertion. Geminate teeth in branch leaves absent or very few.
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Habitat and Distribution
Occurs in Qld, N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic. and Tas. Grows on wet soil, decaying logs and wet rocks, mostly on stream banks in rainforest, tree fern gullies and wet-sclerophyll forest, from sea level up to 1500 m alt; endemic.
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Nomenclature And Typification
Hypnodendron vitiense Mitt. subsp. australe Touw, Blumea 19: 285 (1971). Type: slopes of Mt Budawang, near Mongarlowe, N.S.W., 28 Sept. 1965, L.G. Adams 1425; holo: L; iso: B, BM, CANB, CHR, FH, MEL, NSW, P, TNS, US.
[Hypnum arcuatum auct. non Hedw.: W. Mitten, Hooker’s Journal of Botany and Kew Gardens Miscellany 8: 265 (1856) p.p.]
[Trachyloma arcuatum auct. non (Hedw.) Mitt.: W. Mitten, Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 4: 86 (1860)]
[Hypnodendron arcuatum auct. non (Hedw.) Lindb. ex Mitt.: W. Mitten, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria 19: 90 (1882)]
[Hypnodendron spininervium var. arcuatum auct. non (Hedw.) A.Jaeger: Bericht über die Thatigkeit der St. Gallischen Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft 1877–1878: 359 (1880) p.p.]
[Hypnum spininervium auct. non Hook.: C. Mueller & E. Hampe, Linnaea 26: 503 (1855)]
[Isothecium spininervium auct. non (Hook.) Wilson: J.D. Hooker, Flora Tasmaniae 2: 206 (1859)]
[Hypnodendron spininervium auct. non (Hook.) A.Jaeger: C. Mueller & V.F. Brotherus, Abhandlungen Herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen 16(3): 509 (1900)]
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Representative Herbarium Specimens
Qld: Pimpama Scrub, Aug. 1887, C. Wild s.n. (CANTY, FH, MEL).
A.C.T.: Cotter Valley, N.T. Burbidge 7409 (CANB).
Vic.: Beenak, head of Bunyip River, Feb. 1935, J.H. Willis s.n. (MEL).
Tas.: Mt Wellington, Hobart, R.G. Robbins 2622 (CANB).
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Notes
Tall, fruiting plants are most often found in southern N.S.W., Vic. and Tas.
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Illustrations
A. Touw, Blumea 19: 280, fig. 23c–e, k, l, p, r, t (1971); D. Meagher & B. Fuhrer, A Field Guide to the Mosses and Allied Plants of Southern Australia: 159 (2003) [the diagnostic stipe leaves cannot be seen].
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Bibliography
Ramsay, H.P. (1987). Cytological and other studies on the Hypnodendraceae. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 45: 135–153.
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.
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Source
Touw, A. (2012). Australian Mosses Online 22. Hypnodendraceae. (Australian Biological Resources Study: Canberra). Version 18 May 2012.
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Taxonomy from
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Bryophyta
- Class: Bryopsida
- Subclass: Bryidae
- Order: Hypnodendrales
- Family: Hypnodendraceae
- Genus: Hypnodendron
- Species: Hypnodendron vitiense
- Subspecies: Hypnodendron vitiense subsp. australe
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Last updated: Unknown; Feb 29, 2024 12:43
Status: Partial
Author - Andries Touw
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Cite this profile as: Andries Touw (2024) Hypnodendron vitiense subsp. australe. 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.%20australe [Date Accessed: 06 April 2025]