Camptochaete monolina sp. nov. and Camptochaete subporotrichoides (Bryophyta: Lembophyllaceae) from the Australian Wet Tropics

David Meagher; Andi Cairns; Ray Tangney

doi:10.7751/telopea14718

Authors

David Meagher The University of Melbourne
Andi Cairns James Cook University
Ray Tangney Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum of Wales

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7751/telopea14718

Keywords:

Australian Wet Tropics, bryophytes, moss, taxonomy

Abstract

Camptochaete monolina sp. nov. is described from three collections in the Australian Wet Tropics bioregion. Camptochaete subporotrichoides (Broth. & Geh.) Broth. (Bryophyta: Lembophyllaceae), previously known from Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Fiji, is reported as new to Australia from several collections in the same bioregion.