Class
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Entodontaceae Kindb., Gen. Eur. N. Amer. Bryin. 7 (1897)
Type Taxon:
Description
Buck (1994) provided a family description and none is given here. He defined the family in terms of "leaves with a short, double costa and well-differentiated alar cells; the capsules [are] erect with a double peristome inserted well below the mouth; exostome teeth [which] consist of relatively broad, striate to papillose plates mostly joined along a straight median line; on the back surface the lamellae are non-projecting".
Taxonomy
Buck (1980) clarified the limits of the Entodontaceae and recognised four genera: Entodon, Erythrodontium, Mesonodon, and Pylaisiobryum. Entodon is by far the largest genus. Erythrodontium is a predominantly South American and African genus of about 17 species (Buck 1994, p. 960), while Mesonodon includes two species and Pylaisiobryum is monotypic. Mesonodon flavescens and two species of Entodon have been recorded from Australia (Buck 1990). Only one species of Entodon occurs in N.Z.
Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Indigenous (Non-endemic) | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Buck, W.R. 1980: A generic revision of the Entodontaceae. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 48: 71–159.
Buck, W.R. 1990: A monograph of Entodon (Entodontaceae) in Australia, Eastern Melanesia and Southern Oceania. Australian Systematic Botany 3: 701–709.
Buck, W.R. 1994: Entodontaceae. In: Sharp, A.J.; Crum, H.A.; Eckel, P.M. (ed). The Moss Flora of Mexico. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 69: 948–961.
Fife, A.J. 2014: Entodontaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 3. 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.
Kindberg, N.C. 1897: Genera of European and Northamerican Bryineae (mosses) synoptically disposed. Bonners, Göteborg.
