New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

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Pohlia australis sp. nov. (Musci) from New Zealand with notes on some other austral Pohlias

JONATHAN SHAW

National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
Washington,,D.C. 20560, USA

ALLAN J. FIFE

Botany Division, DSIR
Private Bag, Christchurch, New Zealand

Abstract Pohlia australis, a new gemmiferous species, is described from the South Island, New Zealand. A key is provided to distinguish the three New Zealand species of Pohlia bearing axillary gemmae (P. australis, P. camptotrachela, and P. ochii). Pohlia tenuifolia, formerly thought to be endemic to Australasia, is reported from two local- ities in South America (Chile and Brazil).

Keywords Pohlia australis; P. ochii; P. camp- totrachela; P. tenuifolia; Mielichhoferia brachy- carpa; Bryaceae; gemmae; phytogeography

Received 21 June 1984; accepted 19 November 1984
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1985, Vol. 23: 183-186
0028-825X/85/2302-0183$2.50/0 © Crown copyright 1985

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