Taxonomic notes on two New Zealand mosses: Bryobartlettia costata Buck (Fabroniaceae) and Calliergon laxirete Zant. et Bartlett (Amblystegiaceae)

Abstract

Examination of type material of Bryobartlettia costata Buck and Calliergon laxirete Zant. et Bartlett, two moss species recently described from New Zealand, indicates that both should be synonymised with existing taxa: Bryobartlettia costata with Cryphaea tenella (Schwaegr.) Hornsch. ex C. Muell., and Calliergon laxirete with Bryum blandura Hook. f. et Wils.

Keywords:

• bryophyte
• moss
• synonymy
• Bryobartlettia costata
• Calliergon laxirete
• Cryphaea tenella
• Bryum blandum