Class
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Scleropodium Schimp. in Bruch et al., Bryol. Eur. 6, 27 (1853)
Type Taxon:
Scleropodium illecebrum Schimp. = Scleropodium touretii (Brid.) L.F.Koch
Etymology:
Taxonomy
Scleropodium is a genus of fewer than 10 species that is distributed in North America, Europe, and Asia; its centre of diversity seems to be western North America, where “all six of the well-recognised taxa are found” (fide Seppelt et al. 2011). A single, very poorly documented species occurs in N.Z., where it is surely adventive.
Only a species description is given below. It draws on a collection by P. Beveridge as well as a published description by Seppelt et al. (2011). Generic descriptions can be found in several modern regional floras, including those of Lawton (1971) and Smith (2004).
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Bruch, P.; Schimper, W.P.; Gümbel, W.T. 1853–1855: Bryologia Europaea seu genera muscorum Europaeorum monographice illustrata. Vol. 6. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart.
Fife, A.J. 2020: Brachytheciaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 46. 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.
Lawton, E. 1971: Moss Flora of the Pacific Northwest. Hattori Botanical Laboratory, Nichinan.
Seppelt, R.D.; Cave, L.H.; Carter, B.E. 2011: Introduced mosses in the flora of Tasmania. I. Scleropodium and Pseudoscleropodium (Bryopsida: Brachytheciaceae). Kanunnah 4: 72–81.
Smith, A.J.E. 2004: The Moss Flora of Britain and Ireland. Edition 2. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
