Rhizogonium novae-hollandiae (Brid.) Brid.

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Plants yellow to olive-green. Stems 10–20 mm long. Leaves crowded to dispersed on the stem, imbricate to erect-spreading, slightly decurrent, ovate, oblong or lanceolate, acute, 0.8–1.5 mm long, 0.4–0.6 mm wide; margin lightly dentate towards apex; costa short-excurrent to excurrent; basal laminal cells subquadrate; upper cells hexagonal, 10–14 µm wide, ±thick walled.

Inner perichaetial bracts ovate with a tapering apex; outer bracts triangular-lanceolate. Setae c. 20 mm tall. Capsules cernuous, cylindrical, 1.5–2.0 mm long, usually widest at the mouth; operculum long-rostrate. Exostome teeth papillose; endostome with 1 papillose cilium per segment. Spores 14.0–16.5 µm. n = 5, fide H.P.Ramsay, Austral. J. Bot. 22: 315 (1974).

The two ranks of leaves are commonly folded towards each other when dry.

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Habitat and Distribution

Rhizogonium novae-hollandiae in southern Vic. and Tas.; also in New Zealand and Central and South America.

Grows on wood and tree ferns in moist habitats.

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Nomenclature And Typification

Rhizogonium novae-hollandiae (Brid.) Brid., Bryol. Univ. 2: 664 (1827); Fissidens novae-hollandiae Brid., Bot. Zeitung (Regensburg) 1: 212, 234 (1802); Skitophyllum novae-hollandiae (Brid.) Bach.Pyl., J. Bot. (Desvaux), sér. 2, 4: 165 (1815); Hypnum novae-hollandiae (Brid.) Arnott, Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 5: 301 (1827); Mnium novae-hollandiae (Brid.) Müll.Hal., Syn. Musc. Frond. 1: 173 (1848). Type: “Novae Hollandiae” [Australia], J.-J.H. de Labillardière; holo: B? (probably destroyed) n.v.

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Representative Herbarium Specimens

Vic.: Coast Range Rd, H.Streimann 36683 (CANB).

Tas.: Mt Wellington, W.A.Weymouth 2337 (CANB); King William Saddle, J.A.Curnow 4411 (CANB).

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Illustrations

J.Beever, K.W.Allison & J.Child, The Mosses of New Zealand, 2nd edn 102, fig. 45f (leaf only) (1992).

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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: Unknown; Feb 29, 2024 12:43 Status: Complete

Author - Scott R. Gilmore

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

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Cite this profile as: Scott R. Gilmore (2024) Rhizogonium novae-hollandiae. 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/Rhizogonium%20novae-hollandiae [Date Accessed: 17 April 2025]