<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Recent collections of the Tropical to Subtropical Australian endemic species <italic>Fissidens darwinianus</italic> with good fruiting material have enabled an elaboration of the type diagnosis with a complete description of the sporophyte and updated anatomical details. The peristome is of the <italic>bryoides</italic>-type. <italic>Fissidens darwinianus</italic> appears closely related morphologically to <italic>F. bogoriensis</italic>, a species known from China, Japan, the Malay Peninsula and most of the large islands of the Indo-Pacific as far east as New Guinea. The relationships of <italic>F. darwinianus</italic> to the globally widespread and morphologically diverse <italic>F. curvatus</italic> are being further investigated.</p></abstract>

Recent collections of the Tropical to Subtropical Australian endemic species Fissidens darwinianus with good fruiting material have enabled an elaboration of the type diagnosis with a complete description of the sporophyte and updated anatomical details. The peristome is of the bryoides-type. Fissidens darwinianus appears closely related morphologically to F. bogoriensis, a species known from China, Japan, the Malay Peninsula and most of the large islands of the Indo-Pacific as far east as New Guinea. The relationships of F. darwinianus to the globally widespread and morphologically diverse F. curvatus are being further investigated.

Notes on <italic>Fissidens</italic> (Fissidentaceae) in tropical Australia: <italic>Fissidens darwinianus</italic>

Acta Musei Silesiae, Scientiae Naturales

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Notes on  (Fissidentaceae) in tropical Australia: 

Recent collections of the Tropical to Subtropical Australian endemic species Fissidens darwinianus with good fruiting material have enabled an elaboration of...

Notes on Fissidens (Fissidentaceae) in tropical Australia: Fissidens darwinianus

Published Online: Jul 01, 2019

Page range: 151 - 155

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cszma-2019-0015

Keywords
Fissidentaceae, Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea

© 2019 Rod D. Seppelt, published by Sciendo

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Notes on Fissidens (Fissidentaceae) in tropical Australia: Fissidens darwinianus

Published Online: Jul 01, 2019

Page range: 151 - 155

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cszma-2019-0015

KeywordsFissidentaceae, Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea

© 2019 Rod D. Seppelt, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Fissidentaceae, Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea