Cryptopodium Brid.

Based on: A.J. Fife (2016)

Cryptopodium bartramioides, habit. Drawn from J.E. Beever 36-49, CHR 406782. Image: R.C. Wagstaff © Landcare Research 2016

Classification

Class

Bryatae

Family

Rhizogoniaceae Broth.

Subordinate Taxa

Cryptopodium bartramioides

Nomenclature

Scientific Name:

Cryptopodium Brid., Bryol. Univ. 2, 30 (1827), nom. cons.

Type Taxon:

Cryptopodium bartramioides (Hook.) Brid.

Etymology:

The generic name alludes to the hidden capsules, which are immersed among the perichaetial and vegetative leaves.

Taxonomy

Cryptopodium is a monotypic genus documented only from N.Z.; it has the characteristics of its sole species, described below.

Biostatus

Indigenous (Endemic)

Number of species in New Zealand within *Cryptopodium* Brid.
Category	Number
Indigenous (Endemic)	1
Total	1

Bibliography

Bridel, S.-E. 1827: Bryologia Universa seu systematica ad novam methodum dispositio, historia et descriptio omnium muscorum frondosorum huscusque cognitorum cum synonymia ex auctoribus probatissimis. Vol. 2. Barth, Leipzig.

Fife, A.J. 2016: Rhizogoniaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 26. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R.; Shaw, A.J. 2009: Morphology, anatomy, and classification of the Bryophyta. In: Goffinet, B.; Shaw, A.J. (ed.) Bryophyte Biology. Edition 2. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 55–138.