Class
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Aulacomniaceae Schimp., Syn. Musc. Eur. CXXXIX, 411 (1860)
Type Taxon:
Taxonomy
A monotypic family with features of Aulacomnium.
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Excluded Taxa
Leptotheca Schwägr. This southern hemisphere genus, treated in the Aulacomniaceae by both Brotherus (1924) and Sainsbury (1955), was later placed using morphological, cytological, and phytogeographic criteria in the Rhizogoniaceae by Churchill & Buck (1982). More recently Bell et al. (2007) have performed a large-scale molecular phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial and chloroplast markers from genera placed in several families, including the Aulacomniaceae and Rhizogoniaceae. Their strict consensus tree placed Leptotheca in a strongly supported clade including the genus Orthodontium, and they proposed its transfer to the Orthodontiaceae. Goffinet et al. (2009) have accepted this placement, which we follow here.
Bibliography
Bell, N.E.; Quandt, D.; O'Brien, T.J.; Newton, A.E. 2007: Taxonomy and phylogeny in the earliest diverging pleurocarps: square holes and bifurcating pegs. Bryologist 110: 533–560.
Brotherus, V.F. 1924: Musci (Laubmoose). II. Spezieller Teil. In: Engler, A. (ed.) Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien. Edition 2. Bd 10. Engelmann, Leipzig. 143–478.
Churchill, S.P.; Buck, W.R. 1982: A taxonomic investigation of Leptotheca (Rhizogoniaceae). Brittonia 34: 1–11.
Fife, A.J. 2014: Aulacomniaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 11. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.
Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R.; Shaw, A.J. 2009: Morphology, anatomy, and classification of the Bryophyta. In: Goffinet, B.; Shaw, A.J. (ed.) Bryophyte Biology. Edition 2. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 55–138.
Sainsbury, G.O.K. 1955: A handbook of the New Zealand mosses. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand 5: 1–490.
Schimper, W.P. 1860: Synopsis Muscorum Europaeorum. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart.
