Calomnion is a genus of mosses in the family Rhizogoniaceae.[1] They have been reported from Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia, Melanesia, New Guinea, and eastern Indonesia.[2][3]
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| Calomnion complanatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Bryidae |
| Order: | Rhizogoniales |
| Family: | Rhizogoniaceae |
| Genus: | Calomnion Hook.f. & Wilson |
Classification
editThe genus was originally placed within its own family, the Calomniaceae, with the genus Nadeaudia. Nadeudia contained one species, Nadeaudia schistostegiella, which is now considered a synonym for Calomnion schistostegiellum.[4]
Species included in the genus are:[5]
- Calomnion brownseyi Vitt & H.A. Mill.
- Calomnion ceramense Vitt
- Calomnion complanatum (Hook. f. & Wilson) Lindb. (type species)
- Calomnion denticulatum Mitt.
- Calomnion iwatsukii Vitt
- Calomnion lillianiae Vitt & H.A. Mill.
- Calomnion melanesicum H.A. Mill.
- Calomnion milleri Vitt
- Calomnion schistostegiellum (Besch.) Wijk & Margad.
References
edit- ^ Bell, N., Quandt, D., O'Brien, T., & Newton, A. (2007). Taxonomy and Phylogeny in the Earliest Diverging Pleurocarps: Square Holes and Bifurcating Pegs. The Bryologist, 110(3), 533-560. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/20110887
- ^ Vitt, D. H. 1991. A new species of Calomnion (Bryopsida) from Lord Howe Island. Novon 1: 53–55.
- ^ Vitt, D. H. 1995. The genus Calomnion (Bryopsida): taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography. Bryologist 98: 338–358.
- ^ "Tropicos".
- ^ The Plant List