Camptochaete monolina

Camptochaete monolina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Hypnales
Family: Lembophyllaceae
Genus: Camptochaete
Species:
C. monolina
Binomial name
Camptochaete monolina
Meagher & Cairns

Camptochaete monolina is a species of moss found in the Wet Tropics of Australia.

Description

Camptochaete monolina is a large moss (to 110 mm) with stem and branches covered in overlapping orbiculate to suborbiculate leaves. A robust midrib extends to 60% of the leaf length.[1]

Distribution and habitat

It occurs as an lithophyte in simple microphyll vine-forest on Mount Bellenden Ker, Wooroonooran National Park, Far North Queensland. [2] [3]

References

  1. ^ Meagher, D., Cairns, A. & Tangney, R. (2020). Camptochaete monolina sp. nov. and Camptochaete subporotrichoides (Bryophyta: Lembophyllaceae) from the Australian Wet Tropics. Telopea 23: 213-220.
  2. ^ Tracey, J. G. (John Geoffrey) (1982), The Vegetation of the Humid Tropical Region of North Queensland, p. 34
  3. ^ Stanton, J.P. (James Peter); Stanton, D.J. (David James) (2005), Vegetation of the Wet Tropics of Queensland bioregion