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Category Archives: Bryophytes
Leonard Rodway, the founder of Tasmanian botany
A foray into the history of Tasmanian botany brought me to a website featuring what is perhaps the very first botanical-naturalist publication of Tasmania, a century old book titled Some Wildflowers of Tasmania (1910) by Leonard Rodway. I had learned … Continue reading
Treubia – Making leaves their own way
Students of mosses (muscologists) have their agendas to see the Globe Moss when they come to Tasmania. For students of liverworts (a.k.a hepaticologists), Tasmania houses yet another bryological treasure – a genus of liverworts known as Treubia. Worldwide, Treubia has … Continue reading
The globe on a stalk, Pleurophascum grandiglobum
When ardent students of mosses or bryologists traverse the globe to come to Tasmania, they will have, among the top candidates of their ‘to-see’ list, an `endemic Tasmanian moss. This is none other than Pleurophascum grandiglobum. Rest assured that this … Continue reading
Posted in Biogeography, Botanical Heritage, Botanical History, Bryophytes, Key Characters, Plant Morphology, Tasmanian Endemics
Tagged Bryophytes, buttongrass sedgeland, cleistocarpous, cleistocarpous mosses, endemic bryophytes, endemic mosses, Ferdinand von Mueller, mosses, Pleurophascaceae, Pleurophascum, Pleurophascum grandiglobum, Pleurophascum ocidentale, Pleurophascum ovalifolium, Robert Johnston, Sextus Otto Lindberg, von Mueller
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Looks don’t matter: the Thamnobryum disparity
We don’t look one bit alike, but we are family. That happens to be the story of a rather obscure group of bryophytes and exemplifies how drastically molecular technology is changing how bryophyte taxonomists study and classify this fascinating group … Continue reading
Almost a flowering plant: the story of Gigaspermum repens
To the untrained eye it is possible to mistake certain flowering plants as mosses. Tasmania has a few examples, particularly some of the alpine bristleworts, which are small and turfed and even produce flowering stalks that superficially resemble moss capsules. … Continue reading
The Moss Mania exhibition
I finally managed to take the time out to pop down to the Morris Miller Library, UTAS, to have a good look at the Moss Mania exhibition. Unfortunately I had missed the launch of the exhibition due to sickness. The … Continue reading
To be celibate or to procreate: a moss that vacilates between the two
When it comes to the sexual behavior of Tasmanian bryophytes, there are no lack of interesting species with juicy stories. One such moss is Rhacocarpus purpurascens. This is a moss that typically grows on rocks in alpine regions and can … Continue reading
Marriots Falls walk
It was a busy and tiring week and I needed some fresh air. We (my partner and I) therefore made an almost impromtu decision to make a trip down to Marriots Falls this weekend Saturday. I had been on the … Continue reading
Tasmanian plants 