Cladomnion Hook.f. & Wilson

Based on: A.J. Fife (2019)

Cladomnion ericoides, habit with capsules, moist. Drawn from P. Child s.n., 5 Mar. 1972, CHR 422333, and D. Glenny s.n., 27 Nov. 1985, CHR 438494. Image: R.C. Wagstaff © Landcare Research 2018

Classification

Class

Bryatae

Family

Ptychomniaceae M.Fleisch.

Subordinate Taxa

Cladomnion ericoides

Nomenclature

Scientific Name:

Cladomnion Hook.f. & Wilson in Wilson, Bot. Antarct. Voy. II (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part II, 99 (1854)

Synonymy:

≡ Garovaglia sect. Cladomnion (Hook.f. & Wilson) Mitt., Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria 19: 80 (1882)

Type Taxon:

Cladomnion ericoides (Hook.) Hook.f. & Wilson

Etymology:

The generic name is derived from Greek roots and means branched moss.

Taxonomy

Three species were included in the genus at the time of its description but subsequently (e.g., Brotherus 1925; Dixon 1927; Sainsbury 1955) only C. ericoides has been retained in the genus. It is both appropriate and nomenclaturally convenient that this species be considered the lectotype.

Cladomnion is a monotypic genus endemic to N.Z. The species description below applies to the genus.

The orthographic variant Cladomnium used by Brotherus (1925) is invalid, according to Tropicos (Data seen online, TROPICOS, accessed 14 June 2017).

Biostatus

Indigenous (Endemic)

Number of species in New Zealand within *Cladomnion* Hook.f. & Wilson
Category	Number
Indigenous (Endemic)	1
Total	1

Bibliography

Brotherus, V.F. 1925: Musci (Laubmoose). In: Engler, A. (ed.) Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien. Edition 2. Bd 11. Engelmann, Leipzig. 1–542.

Dixon, H.N. 1927: Studies in the bryology of New Zealand, with special reference to the herbarium of Robert Brown. Part V. Bulletin, New Zealand Institute 3(5): 239–298.

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.

Mitten, W. 1882: Australian mosses, enumerated by William Mitten, Esq. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 19: 49–96.

Sainsbury, G.O.K. 1955: A handbook of the New Zealand mosses. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand 5: 1–490.

Wilson, W. 1854 ("1855"): Musci. In: Hooker, J.D. The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror, in the years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part II. Flowerless plants. Lovell Reeve, London. 57–125.