Dryptodon fuscoluteus (Hook.) Ochyra & Żarnowiec (Grimmiaceae) from the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911−14 to continental Antarctica

• Published in: Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution
• Main Authors: Seppelt, Rod D., Ochyra, Ryszard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Magnolia Press 2010
• Subjects: Antarctica; Australasian Antarctic Expedition; Grimmiaceae; mosses; phytogeography; Antarctic; Shackleton; Terre Adélie; Terre-Adélie; Smirnova; Shackleton Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Schistidium antarctici
• Online Access: http://www.mapress.com/j/bde/article/view/bde.31.1.21; https://doi.org/10.11646/bde.31.1.21

The Grimmiaceae is the largest moss family represented in Antarctica. In continental locations fruiting mosses are rare. Re-examination of early Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) collections revealed the presence of Dryptodon fuscoluteus (Hook.) Ochyra & Żarnowiec with capsules in the regi...