Calomnion Explained

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

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]

• 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.

Notes and References

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. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/14661#page/52/mode/1up 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. Web site: Tropicos.
5. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Calomnion The Plant List