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Calomnion

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Calomnion
Calomnion complanatum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Rhizogoniales
Family: Rhizogoniaceae
Genus: Calomnion
Hook.f. & Wilson

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]

Classification

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The 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]

References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Vitt, D. H. 1991. A new species of Calomnion (Bryopsida) from Lord Howe Island. Novon 1: 53–55.
  3. ^ Vitt, D. H. 1995. The genus Calomnion (Bryopsida): taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography. Bryologist 98: 338–358.
  4. ^ "Tropicos".
  5. ^ The Plant List