Mosses of sub-Antarctic Heard Island: an updated list and discussion of their distribution

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Selkirk, Patricia M, Whinam, Jennie, Downing, AJ, Skotnicki, Mary
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Cambridge University Press
• Subjects: Keywords: classification; geographical distribution; habitat structure; moss; sporophyte; taxonomy; Antarctica; Australasia; Australia; Heard Island; Heard Island and McDonald Islands; Indian Ocean; Indian Ocean islands; Macquarie Island; Pacific islands; Pacific O; Antarctic; Pacific; Indian; Heard; McDonald Islands; Antarc*; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/58644; https://doi.org/10.1017/S003224740700722X

During an early summer visit in 2000, mosses were collected from sites around Heard Island. Three species, Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum (Hedw.) P.C.Chen, Philonotis cf. tenuis (Taylor) Reichardt and Syntrichia filaris (Müll.Hall) R.H. Zander have be