Camptochaete monolina
Camptochaete monolina is a species of moss found in the Wet Tropics of Australia.
| Camptochaete monolina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Bryidae |
| Order: | Hypnales |
| Family: | Lembophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Camptochaete |
| Species: | C. monolina |
| Binomial name | |
| Camptochaete monolina Meagher & Cairns | |
Description
Camptochaete monolina is a large moss (to 110 mm) with stem and branches covered in overlapping orbiculate to suborbiculate leaves. A robust midrib extends to 60% of the leaf length.[1]
Distribution and habitat
It occurs as an lithophyte in simple microphyll vine-forest on Mount Bellenden Ker, Wooroonooran National Park, Far North Queensland. [2] [3]
References
- Meagher, D., Cairns, A. & Tangney, R. (2020). Camptochaete monolina sp. nov. and Camptochaete subporotrichoides (Bryophyta: Lembophyllaceae) from the Australian Wet Tropics. Telopea 23: 213-220.
- Tracey, J. G. (John Geoffrey) (1982), The Vegetation of the Humid Tropical Region of North Queensland, p. 34
- Stanton, J.P. (James Peter); Stanton, D.J. (David James) (2005), Vegetation of the Wet Tropics of Queensland bioregion
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