Classification
Class
Bryatae
Family
Brachytheciaceae Schimp.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Pseudoscleropodium (Limpr.) M.Fleisch., Musci Buitenzorg 1542 (1923)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Scleropodium sect. Pseudoscleropodium Limpr., Laubm. Deutschland 3, 142 (1896) – as Pseudo-Scleropodium
Type Taxon:
Pseudoscleropodium purum (Hedw.) M.Fleisch.
Etymology:
The generic name references the predominantly northern hemisphere genus Scleropodium.
 Taxonomy

A monotypic genus with the features of the type species, described below.

While Brotherus (1925) placed Pseudoscleropodium in the Entodontaceae, modern treatments (Crum & Anderson 1981; Goffinet et al. 2009) place this genus in the Brachytheciaceae.

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Pseudoscleropodium (Limpr.) M.Fleisch.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Total1
 Bibliography
Brotherus, V.F. 1925: Musci (Laubmoose). In: Engler, A. (ed.) Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien. Edition 2. Bd 11. Engelmann, Leipzig. 1–542.
Crum, H.A.; Anderson, L.E. 1981: Mosses of Eastern North America. Columbia University Press, New York.
Fife, A.J. 2020: Brachytheciaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 46. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.
Fleischer, M. 1923 ("1915–1922"): Die Musci der Flora von Buitenzorg; zugleich laubmoosflora von Java. Band 4. Brill, Leiden.
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.
Limpricht, K.G. 1895–1903: Die Laubmoose Deutschlands, Oesterreichs und der Schweiz. Dr. L. Rabenhorst's Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Oesterreich und der Schweiz. Bd. 4, Abt. 3. Kummer, Leipzig.