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A morphometric study of Breutelia pendula and B. elongata (Bryophyta, Bartramiaceae)

Helen Jolley A and Niels Klazenga A B
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A National Herbarium of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, Birdwood Avenue, South Yarra, Vic. 3141, Australia.

B Corresponding author. Email: Niels.Klazenga@rbg.vic.gov.au

Australian Systematic Botany 20(1) 82-91 https://doi.org/10.1071/SB06024
Submitted: 20 July 2006  Accepted: 10 October 2006   Published: 26 February 2007

Abstract

A morphometric study of the mosses Breutelia pendula (Sm.) Mitt. and B. elongata (Hook.f. & Wilson) Mitt. was conducted in order to investigate the species delimitation between these two species, and to ascertain the status of B. elongata in Australia, in particular Victoria. As a result, B. elongata is no longer considered to occur in continental Australia. Useful characters to distinguish between the newly circumscribed species include the size of the marginal teeth, whether or not the alar cells are inflated, the leaf width and the set of the leaves. Bartramia crassa Hook.f. & Wilson, which was previously considered a synonym of B. elongata, is synonymised with B. pendula.


Acknowledgements

The data for this morphometric study were collected during a Jim Willis summer studentship by HJ. We thank Roger Riordan and the Cybec Foundation for funding the Jim Willis studentship. Furthermore we thank Dr Allan Fife and Scott Gilmore for making available their unpublished treatments of Breutelia for the floras of New Zealand and Australia respectively. We thank the directors of the following herbaria, ADT, BM, CANB, H, MELU, and NY, for promptly processing our loan requests for material that, together with collections from MEL, formed the basis of this study. Constructive comments on earlier versions of the manuscript by Drs Tom May and Frank Udovicic and two anonymous reviewers are gratefully acknowledged.


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Appendix 1. Specimens scored for morphometric study

Breutelia pendula

New South Wales. 1. Shire of Nymboida, D.G. Catcheside 65.132 (CANB 266741); 2. Barrington Tops State Forest, Polblue Falls, H. Streimann 44393 (CBG 9008817 at CANB); 3. Blue Mountains, Blackheath, T. Whitelegge 251 (MEL 1036641); 4. Blue Mountains, Lawson, A.A. Hamilton 88 (H-BR 0485 001 at H), type of Breutelia fuscoaurea Broth.; 5. Mt Kosciuszko, N. Klazenga 6432 (MEL 2294619); 6. ibid., N. Klazenga 6241 (MEL 2294622); 7. Gang Gang Creek, H. Streimann 7371 (CBG 7906717 at CANB). Australian Capital Territory. 8. Brindabella Range, Snowy Flats, M.D. Crisp 2030 (CBG 8008697 at CANB); 9. Brindabella Range, Ginini Swamp, N.T. Burbidge 7725 (CANB 185692). Victoria. 10. Grampians, Major Mitchell Plateau, A.W. Thies 1563L (MEL 1052878); 11. Grampians, The Fortress, Austr. Bryol. Group s.n. (MEL 2055385); 12. Blue Range, B. Duncan s.n. (MUCV 3742 at MELU); 13. Warburton, Acheron Way, I.G. Stone 615 (MEL 2118921); 14. Mt Baw Baw National Park, A.C. Beauglehole 15205 (MEL 1043575); 15. Mt Baw Baw, H. Streimann 50827 (CBG 9303461); 16. Upper West Tyers River, N.H. Scarlett 97–200 (MEL 2040503); 17. West Tyers River, Growler’s Creek Bridge, N.H. Scarlett 98–69 (MEL 2087358); 18. Mt Buffalo, G.A.M. Scott & B.A. Fuhrer s.n. (MUCV 7214 at MELU); 19. Alpine National Park, Lankey Plain, H. Streimann 53244 (MEL 2053237); 20. Alpine National Park, Watchbed Creek, H. Streimann 53601 (MEL 2053236); 21. Tangambalanga, W. Bennett 54 (MEL 1036635); 22. Upper Nariel, I.G. Stone 2042 (MEL 2122219); 23. Mt Cobberas, J.H. Willis s.n. (MEL 2084458); 24. Genoa Flats, Unknown collector s.n. (MEL 1036606). Tasmania. 25. Mt Michael, A. Moscal 13204 (CBG 9004075 at CANB); 26. Cradle Mountain–Lake St Clair National Park, S of Dove Lake, N. Klazenga 5768 (MEL 2111006); 27. Cradle Mountain National Park, D. McVean 267119 (CBG 9004183 at CANB); 28. Pine Lake, A. Moscal 13415 (MEL 2052463); 29. ibid., A. Moscal 13428 (CBG 9004081 at CANB); 30. ibid., A. Moscal 13428 (MEL 2052464); 31. Lakes Highway, J.A. Curnow 2389 (CBG 8807754 at CANB); 32, 33. King River, W.A. Weymouth 2803 (MEL 234985, CBG 8409897 at CANB); 34. Cat Gut Gully, A. Moscal 19656 (MEL 229251); 35. Mt Field West, D. McVean 267112 (CBG 9004197 at CANB); 36. Mt Field National Park, A.V. Ratkowsky H138 (CBG 8205871 at CANB); 37. Wellington Falls, R.A. Bastow 347 (MEL 1036634); 38. Mt Wellington, A.V. Ratkowsky H142 (CBG 8205873); 39. ibid., Oldfield 101 (BM 918496), type of Bartramia crassa Hook.f. & Wilson; 40. South-West National Park, Mt Anne, J.R. Croft 10184 (CBG 8904409 at CANB); 41. Mt La Perouse, Oldfield s.n. (MEL 1036532); 42. no locality given, W. Archer s.n. (NYBG 714770 at NY). New Zealand. 43. North Island, Mt Egmont National Park, N. Klazenga 5297 (MEL 2075777); 44. ibid., N. Klazenga 5287 (MEL 2075767); 45. North Island, Urewera National Park, B.O. van Zanten 7402617 (MEL 1031306); 46. North Island, Waipoua Reserve, D.M. Henderson 9687 (MEL 1029007); 47. South Island, Canterbury, A.M. Buchanan 3685 (MEL 2054993); 48. Campbell Island, Perseverance Harbour, R.D. Seppelt 21594 (ADT). Macquarie Island. 49. Prion Lake, R.D. Seppelt 5221 (ADT); 50. Mt Haswell, R.D. Seppelt 6298 (ADT); 51. Perseverance Bluff, R.D. Seppelt 4197 (ADT); 52. Green Gorge, R.D. Seppelt 7268 (ADT); 53. Mt Hamilton, R.D. Seppelt 7894 (ADT); 54. Nuggets Creek, R.D. Seppelt 14760 (ADT).

Breutelia elongata

New Zealand. 55. North Island, Uriwera Country, Mt Maungapohatu, L.B. Moore 428 (MEL 29435); 56. North Island, Ruahine Range, Mt Whaingapuna, B.O. van Zanten 1475 (CANB 266401); 57. North Island, Moehau Range, G.O.K. Sainsbury s.n. (CANB 362170); 58. South Island, Westland, near Moeraki, B.O. van Zanten 7402836 (MEL 1059616); 59. South Island, Westland, Sewell Peak, N. Klazenga, N. 5661 (MEL 2099639); 60. South Island, Westland, Moeraki, B.O. van Zanten 7402836 (CANB 266352); 61. South Island, Mt Rochefort, H. Streimann 51174 (CBG 9306624 at CANB); 62. Auckland Island, Mt Easton, D.H. Vitt 9027 (CBG 9405268 at CANB); 63, 64. Auckland Islands, J.D. Hooker 77 (BM 851270, BM 851271), type of Hypnum elongatum Hook.f. & Wilson; 65. Campbell Island, Perseverance Harbour, R.D. Seppelt 21471 (ADT); 66. ibid., R.D. Seppelt 21433 (ADT); 67. ibid., R.D. Seppelt 21460 (ADT). Macquarie Island. 68. Jessie Nicol Creek basin, R.D. Seppelt 7910 (ADT); 69. Scoble Lake, R.D. Seppelt 10617 (ADT); 70. Tiobunga Lake, R.D. Seppelt 7548 (ADT); 71. Sawyer Creek Gorge, R.D. Seppelt 6426 (ADT).