Symphysodontella (Bryophyta: Pterobryaceae) new to the Australian flora

The genus Symphysodontella (Bryophyta: Pterobryaceae) is reported as new to the Australian flora, based on a collection from northern Queensland that we identify as Symphysodontella splendens. This species was previously known from Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and Vietnam. The presence of gemmae is reported for the first time in Symphysodontella

Camptochaete monolina sp. nov. and Camptochaete subporotrichoides (Bryophyta: Lembophyllaceae) from the Australian Wet Tropics

Camptochaete monolina sp. nov. is described from three collections in the Australian Wet Tropics bioregion. Camptochaete subporotrichoides (Broth. & Geh.) Broth. (Bryophyta: Lembophyllaceae), previously known from Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Fiji, is reported as new to Australia from several collections in the same bioregion

The moss family Octoblepharaceae A.Eddy ex Menzel in Australia

This is the first treatment of the family Octoblepharaceae for Australia. The sole Australian species, Octoblepharum albidum Hedw., is described and illustrated, and a map of its known and potential distribution in Australia is included

The family Calymperaceae (Bryophyta) in Australia. Part 5: The genus Syrrhopodon

Twenty species of the moss genus Syrrhopodon Sw. ex F.Weber are known from Australia. Each species is described and illustrated in detail, and a key to species and distribution maps are provided

The moss family Calymperaceae (Bryophyta) in Australia. Part 1: Introduction and key to genera

This is the first of five papers constituting a synopsis of the family Calymperaceae for Australia. An expanded concept of the family is followed, including Arthrocormus, Exostratum and Leucophanes as well as the traditional genera Calymperes, Mitthyridium and Syrrhopodon. A key to genera is provided

Significant range extensions and new records of mosses from tropical Australia.

We report Pleuridium nervosum and Pseudotaxiphyllum pohliaecarpum as new to the Australian Wet Tropics bioregion, and Fabronia brachyphylla and Pleuridium nervosum as new to the adjacent Einasleigh Uplands bioregion. We also report significant range extensions for other species, and new records of several very rare species

A Revised Checklist of the Moss Flora of the Australian Wet Tropics

The Australian Wet Tropics bioregion is a hotspot for bryophyte diversity. In 2004, 397 moss taxa were known from the bioregion, since when extensive field work and taxonomic studies have added many taxa to the Wet Tropics bryophyte flora, while revisions and nomenclatural changes have reduced the number previously published. In this paper we summarise the additions to our knowledge of Wet Tropics bryophytes, and accept 410 moss taxa from the bioregion, including 170 genera in 60 families. We add 55 taxa to the flora, and 24 are rejected on the basis of false records or misidentifications, or because the records were found to be outside the Wet Tropics bioregion. Records of 14 taxa from the bioregion are considered uncertain, and 6 taxa previously considered doubtful for the bioregion are confirmed. A number of records including Holomitrium cylindraceum and Taxithelium lindbergii are reported as new to Australia

Macromitrium erythrocomum (Bryophyta: Orthotrichaceae), a new species from tropical Queensland, Australia

Macromitrium erythrocomum sp. nov. is recorded and described from the Wet Tropics bioregion, Queensland, Australia. A comparison is made with other Macromitrium species in the region

Contributions to the bryoflora of Australia, III. The genus nowellia mitt. (cephaloziaceae, jungermanniopsida)

The liverwort genus Nowellia Mitt. was previously unknown from the Australian continent. During a collecting trip by the authors in June of 2001 throughout northern Queensland, two species were found, the Laurasian Nowellia curvifolia (Dicks.) Mitt. from the cloud forest of Bellenden Kerr summit and the Malesian-Australasian Nowellia langii Pears. from the montane forests of Cardwell Range

Guide to the riffle invertebrates of Australian Wet Tropics streams with a bibliography of their ecology

This guide is derived from a research project on the ecology of stream invertebrates in the Australian Wet Tropics bioregion, north-eastern Queensland (the largely forested coastal region between Cooktown and Townsville). The invertebrate fauna of this region is very rich, with particular sites recording many more species than have been found elsewhere in Australia (see bibliography). The guide focuses on the fauna of riffles because they provide a standard habitat for comparison between sites, and because they are easy to sample. Riffles are those shallow stony areas of streams where the flow is strongest and more or less turbulent (see plates overleaf). The keys presented here include fauna found during a three-year survey of about 80 sites (Pearson et al. 2017). It is possible that animals not represented here will turn up in riffles from time to time (for example, many different dragonfly groups occur in pool habitats). The keys are to major groups of invertebrates, mostly to the family level, based on more extensive keys, cited in each section. This level of identification is adequate for most monitoring purposes. For some invertebrate groups, while keys to genera and even species are available, they are unlikely to be comprehensive because of the ever-increasing number of species being described. Additionally, specific identifications are mostly unnecessary for the likely users of the guide. The drawings in this guide are all original (by Andi Cairns and Linda Davis) and based on alcoholpreserved material. They should help identify most specimens even when the keys are difficult to follow. Precise identification often depends on understanding the morphology of the animal in question, so we provide explanatory figures as necessary. A glossary of morphological terms is included towards the end of the guide. We also provide a list of references cited, followed by a bibliography of scientific papers and reports concerning the ecology of aquatic invertebrates of the Wet Tropics. Users may be interested in following up other more comprehensive guides such as Williams (1980), CSIRO (1991), Hawking and Smith (1997), Gooderham and Tsyrlin (2002) and the many excellent publications by the Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology and the Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre. Information on all the invertebrate groups included here is readily available via the Internet and at Wikipedia. The keys and drawings were originally produced in the 1990s and have not been updated in making this guide generally available