Tortula flavinervis Dixon var. parviretis Sainsbury is Barbula crinita Schultz. The type of Phasconia balansae Müll. Hal. was not located, only a plate of the type material was seen. Phasconia balansae Müll. Hal. and Astomum platystegium Dixon are considered as identical. The occurrence of Weissia brachycarpa (Nees & Hornsch.) Jur. in Australia is doubtful. Comments on several nomina nuda are given. No material was located for Hymenostomum pertortile Müll. Hal. nom. nud. Weissia latiuscula Müll. Hal. is reported new for Australia

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77TROPICAL BRYOLOGY 25  (2004)Pottiaceous mosses from AustraliaTropical Bryology 25: 77-80, 2004Studies on a few Pottiaceous mosses from AustraliaPhilip SollmanNotarisappel 2, 9076 LB, St. Anna Parochie, The NetherlandsAbstract. Tortula flavinervis Dixon var. parviretis Sainsbury is Barbula crinita Schultz. The typeof Phasconia balansae Müll. Hal. was not located, only a plate of the type material was seen.Phasconia balansae Müll. Hal. and Astomum platystegium Dixon are considered as identical. Theoccurrence of Weissia brachycarpa (Nees & Hornsch.) Jur. in Australia is doubtful. Comments onseveral nomina nuda are given.  No material was located for Hymenostomum pertortile Müll. Hal.nom. nud.  Weissia latiuscula Müll. Hal. is reported new for Australia.IntroductionOver the last years I have identified manyunnamed Pottiales sent, mainly as duplicates,from numerous herbaria. As part of this work,type materials of taxa described from Australiawere studied.  Nomina nuda were alsoinvestigated.  They were often found to beidentical with widespread species, which is arather well known phenomenon in this group ofmosses.   All author citations in botanical namesfollow Brummitt and Powell (1992).Barbula crinita Schultz- Tortula flavinervis Dixon var. parviretisSainsbury, Victorian Naturalist 63: 222. 1947.syn. nov.Type: Australia, Victoria, Castlemaine (N. ofMelbourne), common, in open fields, no fruits,1943, F. Robbins no. 12-B, Hb Sainsbury no.15.104 (holo!, WELT).Notes.1.  The type collection agrees very well with thedata given by Sainsbury (1947: 222).2.  After studying many Australian collectionsof Barbula crinita, I consider the type materialof Tortula flavinervis var. parviretis a rathercommon form of this species.A note on Phasconia balansae Müll. Hal. andAstomum platystegium DixonType material of Phasconia balansae apparentlyis lost.  I cannot locate it in these herbaria: BM,G, H, JE, S.  I received a loan of this speciesfrom PC, but it was a non-type collection.  Thelocality data from this non-type are as follows:Nouvelle Caledonie (associé à Nan.(Nanomitrium) brisbanicum (Broth.) Broth. etconfondu avec lui..., fruiting, latera humide...,78TROPICAL BRYOLOGY 25  (2004)Sollman17 Julio 1908, Leg. Le Rat, hb. Potier de la Varde(2167), det. R.P.V. (PC!).In the herbarium of Potier de la Vardeis also present a plate of the material cited aboveand a figure of parts of the original type materialobtained from Hb. Berlin.  Apparently Potier dela Varde had compared both specimens.In this regard, the type material ofAstomum platystegium Dixon was also studied.The information is as follows:Astomum platystegium Dixon, Journ. Bot. British& Foreign 80: 5. 1942; Weissia platystegia(Dixon) A. Eddy, A Handbook of MalesianMosses, Vol. 2: 164. 1990.Type: Papua, Kanosia, open savannah land,under tall grasses, on soil..., fruiting, c. 50 ft.,28.2.1935, C.E. Carr (a), Hb. Dixon (holo!,BM).The citation of the type material in Norris andKoponen (1989: 87) is not correct.  The PCmaterial (mentioned above) agrees well with thetype collection of Astomum platystegium in BM.I agree with H. Ramsay (in litt., 1996, „almostcertainly the same“) that Phasconia balansae andAstomum platystegium are identical.  Weissiabalansae (Müll. Hal.) R.H. Zander becomes thenew correct name (Zander, 1993: 184).A note on the material of Weissia brachycarpa(Nees & Hornsch.) Jur. from AustraliaAfter identifying many Australian Pottialesspecimens (c. 2000 numbers), I have not seenconvincing material of this taxon.  Of specialnote is the remark in Catcheside’s flora(Catcheside 1980: 196): „it is uncertain whetherthe (Australian) plant is the same as the Europeanone“.  See also the text in Scott and Stone (1976:208).My experience has shown that theAustralian material has a somewhat smallerorifice, becoming much wider mouthed when theoperculum is carefully removed.  I identified theAustralian materials (finally) as Weissia patula(C. Knight) Fife.  Therefore, W. brachycarpa istentatively removed from the Australianbryoflora.Barbula pseudopilifera Müll. Hal. & Hampevar. scabrinervis Broth. & Watts, Proc. Linn.Soc. New South Wales 37: 368. 1912. nom. nud.Material studied: N.S. Wales, YarrangobillyVillage, bank of the river, cliffs, c. 3800 ft., nofruits, 17 Jan 1906, W.W. Watts 8497, HbBrotherus no. 02.66.014 (H!).Notes.1.  The material agrees very well with the datain Brotherus and Watts (1912: 368).2.  This collection belongs to Barbulasubcalycina Müll. Hal.Hymenostomum angustatum Broth. ex Watts& Whitel., Proc. Linn. Soc. New South WalesSuppl. 27: 62. 1902. nom. nud.Material studied: N.S. Wales, Three Mile Scrub,Byron Bay, fruiting, Sept. 1897, W.W. Watts1483, Hb Brotherus no. 20.73.002 (H!).Notes.1.  This collection agrees very well with the datagiven by Watts and Whitelegge (1902: 62).2.  A few years ago, I (Sollman 2001: 75) treatedthis taxon as Weissia condensa (Voit) Lindb.This is, however, not correct.  Recently, Irestudied the collection above and found a fragileperistome.3.  The leaves of the plants are about plane whenwet.  The costa is clearly short excurrent. Thecapsule is wide mouthed.  A fragile peristome ispresent.  Some capsule shape variations wereseen in the collection.  Ripe spores are papillose,measuring 12-18 µm; this spore size is rathersmall for the species.  The points have led me tothe conclusion that the plants are Weissia rutilans(Hedw.) Lindb.4.  I agree with Streimann and Klazenga (2002:100 and 192) that the occurrence of Weissiacondensa in Australia is very doubtful.  Othercollections so called should be carefully checkedfor their identity.Hymenostomum inflexum Hampe & Müll.Hal., Fragm. Phyt. Austral. Suppl. 11: 46. 1880(1881). nom. nud.Material studied: Australia felix (Victoria),Gippsland, fruiting, 1855, Dr. F. Müller no. 79,Hb Hampe (BM!).Notes.1.  All the material present in Herbarium Hampe(BM) was examined. These are about seven79TROPICAL BRYOLOGY 25  (2004)Pottiaceous mosses from Australiacollections mounted on a sheet.  In Hampe (1881:46), this name was found only in a list (no. 61)without any additional information.2.  Hampe apparently considered this taxonidentical with Gymnostomum inflexum Taylor,judging from the notes on the BM sheet.3.  Nearly all the numbers studied are fromGippsland; one came from Parramatta (N.S.Wales).4.  All the collections are identical. The capsulesare wide mouthed, no peristomes are present.  Ahymenium was seen.  The leaves are mostlyplane when wet, somewhat widely involute whendry.  The mature brown spores measure 20–28µm.  All these points have led me to theconclusion that these plants belong to Weissiapatula (C. Knight) Fife.Hymenostomum pertortile Müll. Hal., Ind.Bryol. Suppl. 190. 1900. nom. nud.This taxon was not located in any of thefollowing relevant herbaria: BM, BRI, H, PC.  Ihave not seen any collection bearing this name.Weissia perlinearis Müll. Hal. ex F.M. Bailey,Queensland Bot. Bull. 4: 21. 1891. nom. nud.Material studied: Australia, Queensland, Mt.Perry, fruiting, no date, J. Keys 883, F.M. Bailey226, AQ 71.68.71 (BRI!).Notes.1.  This collection was carefully compared withthe type material of Hymenostomum eurybasisDixon.  The data are as follows:Hymenostomum eurybasis Dixon, in S. Afr. J.Sci. 18: 333. 1922.Type: South Rhodesia... Matapos, 4700 ft.,fruiting, Mar 1918, Eyles 940, Hb. Dixon (BM!).2.  Hymenostomum eurybasis is treated by Magill(1981: 267) as identical with Weissia latiuscula.Both cited collections (above) match very well.3.  The data of the material of Weissia perlinearisat Hb Brisbane fit very well with the publicationsof Bailey (1891: 21) and Watts and Whitelegge(1902: 64).5.  There is a collection of I.G. Stone (no. 21.092)with the following data:  Queensland (nearMonto), Cania gorge, Bloodwood caves, fruiting,6.8.1983 (?), I.G. Stone 21.092 (MELU!).  Thiscollection was also compared with the typematerial of Hymenostomum eurybasis Dixon.They match well.  Weissia latiuscula Müll. Hal.is well described, illustrated and discussed inMagill (1981: 267).6.  Another collection bearing the name Weissiaperlinearis Müll. Hal. nom. nud., was sent onloan from Hb Helsinki.  The data of the specimenare as follows: „266. Weissia perlinearis Müll.Hal. nom. nud., det. C. Müller. Queensland,fruiting, comm. F.M. Bailey, Hb Brotherus no.44.21.009 (H!)“.7.  This collection does not fit the data for thistaxon given in Bailey (1891: 21), nor the data inWatts and Whitelegge (1902: 64).  The plantshave longer, rather small capsules withoutperistomes. The leaves taper to a small, acutepoint.  The leaves are strongly involute. The costais clearly excurrent.  Mature brown sporesmeasure c. 20 µm.  All these led me to theconclusion that this collection belongs, in fact,to Weissia edentula Mitt.8.  Conclusion: Australian specimens of Weissiaperlinearis Müll. Hal. ex F.M. Bailey, nom. nud.,are in fact either Weissia latiuscula Müll. Hal.or Weissia edentula Mitt.AcknowledgementsI wish to thank H. Ramsay (Sydney) for allowingme to study a manuscript with a preliminary listof mosses of Northeast Queensland (1996).ReferencesBailey, F.M. 1891. Contributions to theQueensland flora. QueenslandBotanical Bulletin 4: 21.Brotherus, V.F. and W.W. Watts, 1912. Themosses of the Yarrangobilly CavesDistrict, N.S.W.  Proceedings LinneanSociety New South Wales 37: 363 - 382.Brummit, R.K. and C.E. Powell, 1992. Authorsof Plant Names. Kew.Catcheside, D.G. 1980. Mosses of SouthAustralia. Adelaide.Hampe, E. 1881. Musci frondosi Australiaecontinentalis, praesertim e Baronis deMueller collectionibus, pp. 45 - 52. 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