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Mosses of Western Australia

Western Australia has relatively few species of moss; the most recent census found just 192 taxa. This represents just 10% of Australia's total moss flora, even though Western Australia accounts for about one third of the Australia by area. This relatively low diversity has been attributed to the lack of rainforest in the state.[1]

By far the majority of the state's moss species occur in the Southwest Botanical Province, with over 80% of all species, genera and families occurring there. This includes four species that are apparently endemic to the province.[1]

About 70% of Western Australia's moss taxa occur also in South Australia, and a similar proportion occur also in New South Wales. Only about 50% occur also in Queensland. About half are restricted to Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, and a further 10% occur also only in South America.[1]

List of mosses of Western Australia

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This is a list of mosses of Western Australia,[1] with classification updated.[2]

Subclass Sphagnidae

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Sphagnaceae

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Subclass Funariidae

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Encalyptaceae

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Funariaceae

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Gigaspermaceae

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Subclass Dicranidae

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Grimmiaceae

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Ptychomitriaceae

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Archidiaceae

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Fissidentaceae

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Ditrichaceae

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Bruchiaceae

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Dicranaceae

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Leucobryaceae

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Erpodiaceae

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Calymperaceae

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Pottiaceae

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Note: The genera Desmatodon, Phascum, Pottia, and Tortula were heavily revised by Zander, and a number of names in the list below are no longer correct.[3][4]

Rhabdoweisiaceae

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Ephemeraceae

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Subclass Bryidae

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Splachnaceae

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Orthotrichaceae

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Hedwigiaceae

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Rhacocarpaceae

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Bryaceae

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Orthodontiaceae

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Mniaceae

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Bartramiaceae

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Racopilaceae

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Mitteniaceae

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Pilotrichaceae

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Pterigynandraceae

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Thuidiaceae

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Campyliaceae

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Fabroniaceae

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Hypnaceae

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Sematophyllaceae

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Stoneburner, Ann; Wyatt, Robert; Catcheside, David & Stone, Ilma (1993). "Census of the Mosses of Western Australia". The Bryologist. 96 (1). The Bryologist, Vol. 96, No. 1: 86–101. doi:10.2307/3243324. JSTOR 3243324.
  2. ^ Buck, William R. & Bernard Goffinet. 2000. "Morphology and classification of mosses", pages 71-123 in A. Jonathan Shaw & Bernard Goffinet (Eds.), Bryophyte Biology. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). ISBN 0-521-66097-1.
  3. ^ Zander, R. H. (1989). "Seven new genera in Pottiaceae (Musci) and a lectotype for Syntrichia". Phytologia. 65: 424–436.
  4. ^ Zander, R. H. (1993). "Genera of the Pottiaceae: Mosses of harsh environments". Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. 32: 1–378.
  5. ^ Griffin III, Dana & William R. Buck. 1989. Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Studies on the Bartramiaceae. The Bryologist 92 (3): 368-380. [1]
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