Pogonatum subulatum (Brid.) Brid.

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Bridel, S.E. von (1827), Bryologia Universa 2: 122

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Description

Stems to 4.5 cm tall. Leaves incurved to contorted when dry, recurved when moist, 3.6–6.5 mm long; lamina linear-lanceolate, 0.8–1.2 mm wide; margin regularly serrate, flat, unistratose, 2–6 cells wide; sheathing base slightly widened; costa percurrent to excurrent, with apical abaxial teeth; lamellae 36–54 on adaxial surface of lamina, 2–4 cells high, straight to slightly crenate by upper margin, with apical cells rounded (in cross-section), the outer wall as thin as or only slightly thicker than other cell walls.

Urn 3.2–4.5 mm long, 1.0–1.8 mm wide. Spores 7–11 µm diameter.

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Diagnostic Features

Pogonatum subulatum is the most common of the three Pogonatum species in Australia. It is readily distinguished by the narrow sheath and rather remote adaxial lamellae.

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Chromosome Numbers

n = 7, cited in H.P. Ramsay, J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 82: 219 (1997).

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Biostatus

Native.

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Habitat and Distribution

Extends to New Zealand. In Australia it occurs in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and Tasmania.

A plant of bare ground, especially on roadside banks.

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Nomenclature And Typification

Pogonatum subulatum (Brid.) Brid., Bryol. Univ. 2: 122 (1827); Polytrichum subulatum Brid., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(1): 287 (1801). Type: New Zealand, Nelson; holo: E.

Taxonomic synonyms

Polytrichum nanournigerum Müll.Hal., Hedwigia 36: 340 (1897); Pogonatum nanournigerum (Müll.Hal.) Paris, Index Bryol. Suppl. 1: 278 (1900). Type: North Island, New Zealand, 1882, F.M.Reader, “misit 1892 ex Dimboola Victoriae”; n.v.

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Representative Herbarium Specimens

N.S.W.: Toomumbar State Forest, R. Coveny 4435 (NSW).

A.C.T. Brindabella Range, H. Streimann 5265 (H).

Vic.: Dandenong Range, D.G. Catcheside 54.98 (CANB).

Tas.: Mount Wellington, A.V. Ratkowsky H342 (HO); Liffey Falls State Reserve, A. Moscal 17653 (HO).

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Illustrations

G.A.M. Scott & I.G. Stone, The Mosses of Southern Australia 75, pl. 5 (1976); J. Hyvönen, Acta Bot. Fenn. 138: 57, fig. 18 (1989); J. Beever, K.W. Allison & J. Child, Mosses of New Zealand, 2nd edn 27, fig. 12e (1992).

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Source

J. Hyvönen (2012), Australian Mosses Online 48. Polytrichaceae. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. Version 20 June 2012. 

First published as: J. Hyvönen (2006), Polytrichaceae: Pogonatum, Fl. Australia 51: 133–136. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra & CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

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Last updated: Unknown; Feb 29, 2024 12:43 Status: Partial

Author - J. Hyvönen

Editor(s) - P.M. McCarthy (2012); A.E. Orchard (June 2019)

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Cite this profile as: J. Hyvönen (2024) Pogonatum subulatum. 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/Pogonatum%20subulatum [Date Accessed: 08 April 2025]