Ambuchanania

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Ambuchanania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Sphagnopsida
Subclass:
Sphagnidae
Order: Sphagnales
Family: Ambuchananiaceae
Genus: Ambuchanania
H.A.Crum[3]
Species:
A. leucobryoides
Binomial name
Ambuchanania leucobryoides
(Yamaguchi, Seppelt & Iwatsuki)[2] Seppelt & H.A.Crum[3]
Synonyms

Sphagnum leucobryoides T.Yamag., Seppelt & Z.Iwats.

Ambuchanania leucobryoides is the only species in the

alluvial flows, and on margins of buttongrass (Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus) sedge land. Species most commonly found in association with A. leucobryoides include: Leptocarpus tenax, Chordifex hookeri, and Actinotus suffocatus. Currently, A. leucobryoides is listed as rare under the Tasmanian Threatened Species Protection Act 1995
.

Description

Distinct globose sporophyte capsules of the rare monotypic moss species Ambuchanania leucobryoides

Mature plants are small, pale brown or whitish green when dry. The stems are approximately 2 cm long, and are irregularly and sparsely branched. Leaves on the stem have a broadly lanceolate shape 3.6-4.3 mm long. Spore capsules are whitish-yellow and globose, atop a seta (stalk) that is 1.2 cm long.[5]

References

Wikispecies has information related to Ambuchanania.
  1. ^ Bryophyte Specialist Group 2000. Sphagnum leucobryoides. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.
  2. doi:10.1179/jbr.1990.16.1.45
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  3. ^ a b Crum, H.; Seppelt, R.D. (1999). "Sphagnum leucobryoides reconsidered". Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium. 22: 29–31.
  4. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8
    . Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  5. ^ Seppelt, Rodney (2000). "The Sphagnopsida (Sphagnaceae; Ambuchaniaceae) in Australia". Hikobia.
  • Johnson, K.A., Whinam, J., Buchanan, A.M. & Balmer, J. (2008) Ecological observations and new locations of a rare moss, Ambuchanania leucobryoides (Ambuchananiaceae). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 142 (2): 79–84.
  • Shaw, A. Jonathan, 2000. Phylogeny of the Sphagnopsida Based on Chloroplast and Nuclear DNA Sequences [1], The Bryologist 103 (2): 277–306.
  • Shaw, A. Jonathan, Cymon J. Cox & Sandra B. Boles (2003) Polarity of peatmoss (Sphagnum) evolution: who says bryophytes have no roots? [2], American Journal of Botany 90: 1777–1787.


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