Macromitrium taoense Thér.

Thouvenot, Louis, 2019, A review of the genus Macromitrium Brid. (Orthotrichaceae, Bryophyta) in New Caledonia, Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (16), pp. 167-217 : 208

Macromitrium taoense Thér.

( Figs 1F , 21 )

Diagnoses d’Espèces et de Variétés nouvelles de Mousses 8: 5 (1910).

TYPE. — New Caledonia. “Tao, forêt, sur l’écorce des arbres, alt. 0 à 100 m ”, Franc s.n. (lecto-, designated here: PC [ PC 0096517]!; isolecto-, PC [ PC 0695985, PC 0695986]!).

DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Rarely found in North (type locality) and South Provinces.

TOTAL RANGE. — Endemic to New Caledonia.

SELECTED SPECIMEN. — New Caledonia. Province Sud, Dumbéa, trail to Mt Dzumac, 900 m, 26.IX.2012, Larraín 35357.

Figures

FIG. 1. — Dry branch habits of Macromitrium Brid. (I) A, M. microstomum Hook. & Grev.; B, M. cardotii Thér.; C, M. francii Thér.; D, M. laevigatumThér.; E, M. leratii Broth. & Paris.; F, M. taoense Thér.; G, M. plicatum Thér.; H, M. pilosum Thér.; I, M. pulchrum Besch. From type specimens (B, D, F-I), from specimens Thouvenot NC881 (A), NC2379 (E), from specimen Coulerie COU85 (C). Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIG. 21. — Macromitrium taoense Thér.:A-E, branch leaves; F, dwarf male plant; G, perichaetial leaves; H, dry branch top with sporophyte; I, upper cells; J, basal cells. All drawn from the lectotype, except for C from the specimen Larraín 35357. Scale bars: A-E, G, 500 µm; F, 100 µm; H, 1 mm; I, J, 10 µm.