Class
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Pulchrinodus B.H.Allen, New Zealand J. Bot. 25: 338 (1987)
Etymology:
Taxonomy
Pulchrinodus is a monotypic genus whose sole representative was treated in Eucamptodon by Sainsbury (1955). The sole species was subsequently segregated from Eucamptodon by Allen (1987b), who proposed the genus Pulchrinodus and suggested affinities to the Pterobryaceae. Pulchrinodus inflatus, or its precursors, has been placed by various authors in several families including the Dicranaceae, Pterobryaceae, Dicnemonaceae, Lembophyllaceae, and, most recently, the monotypic Pulchrinodaceae.
In a paper related to that cited above, Allen (1987a) treated a diminished Eucamptodon Mont. [Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 3, 4: Pl. 14, fig. 3. 1845] as consisting of only E. perichaetialis (Mont.) Mont. of southern South America and E. muelleri Hampe & Müll.Hal. of eastern Australia, New Caledonia, and Norfolk I. The latter species he considered to have two varieties.
Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Indigenous (Non-endemic) | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Allen, B.H. 1987a: A revision of the Dicnemonaceae (Musci). Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 62: 1–100.
Allen, B.H. 1987b: A systematic account of Pulchrinodus inflatus (Musci: Pteryobryaceae), genus novum. New Zealand Journal of Botany 25: 335–342.
Fife, A.J. 2017: Pulchrinodaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 32. 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.
Quandt, D.; Bell, N.; Stech, M. 2007: Unravelling the knot: the Pulchrinodaceae fam. nov. (Bryales). Nova Hedwigia Beiheft 131(21): 39.
Sainsbury, G.O.K. 1955: A handbook of the New Zealand mosses. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand 5: 1–490.
