Studies of fissidens (bryophyta: Musci) in new zealand: F. strictus Hook.f. and Wils. and F. berteroi (Mont.) C. Muell., with a discussion of aquatic adaptations

Abstract

Fissidens strictus and F. berteroi are two Southern Hemisphere aquatic mosses which are apparently rare in New Zealand, but known from widely scattered localities. They contrast in morphology, F. strictus being a typical rheophyte, with stiff compact shoots, while F. berteroi has the lax habit typical of a limnophyte. Their detailed morphology is described and illustrated, their known New Zealand distribution documented, and observations made on their ecology. Fissidens strictus is lectotypified. © 1995 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.