Classification
Class
Bryatae
Family
Ptychomniaceae M.Fleisch.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Glyphothecium Hampe, Linnaea 30: 637 (1860)
Type Taxon:
Glyphothecium muellerianum Hampe = Glyphothecium sciuroides (Hook.) Hampe
Etymology:
According to Meagher (2011) the generic name in derived from the Greek roots glyphos (engraved) and thekion (little vessel, container), and alludes to the strongly ridged capsules.
 Description

The species description is presented as representative of the genus.

 Taxonomy

Hampe (1860) described the genus in a combined generic and species description (descriptio generic-specifica) based on the Victorian G. muellerianum. Syntype material of G. muellerianum has only been seen online (JSTOR Global Plants, accessed 14 June 2014), and it was annotated by R. Hattaway as G. sciuroides.

Glyphothecium is probably a genus of two species, although Hattaway (1981) accepted three. In addition to Glyphothecium sciuroides, he recognised G. gracile (Hampe) Broth. of southern South America and G. pendulum Zanten of New Guinea. A detailed description and illustration of G. gracile was provided by Kühnemann & Gonçalves Carralves (1975). Enroth (1991) proposed that both G. pendulum and the Javanese G. pangerangense Fleisch. be considered synonyms of G. sciuroides. Very little reliably named material of Glyphothecium from outside of Australia and N.Z. has been seen, and the resolution of the species-level taxonomy is outside the ambit of this Flora. The Hampe name is the earliest, and hence any synonym decisions would not affect the name applied to N.Z. material.

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Glyphothecium Hampe
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Non-endemic)1
Total1
 Bibliography
Enroth, J. 1991: Bryophyte flora of the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea. XLI. Ptychomniaceae (Musci). Acta Botanica Fennica 143: 35–41.
Fife, A.J. 2019: Ptychomniaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Vol. 43. 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.
Hampe, E. 1860: Muscorrum frondosorum flora Australiasiae aiuctore Dr. F. Müller mox edendae species novas. Linnaea 30: 623–647.
Hattaway, R.A. 1981: Commentary on the genus Glyphothecium (Ptychomniaceae). Bryologist 84: 344–347.
Kühnemann, O.; Gonçalves Carralves, M.F. 1975: Monografía preliminar para la flora criptogámica fueguina: Los musgos de la familia Ptychomniaceae (Bryophyta). Darwiniana 19: 583–617.
Meagher, D. 2011: An etymology of Australian bryophyte genera. 2 – Mosses. Muelleria 29: 33–61.