Gigaspermum repens

Moss at Dunlop, ACT

Gigaspermum repens at Dunlop, ACT - 7 Jul 2020
Gigaspermum repens at Dunlop, ACT - 7 Jul 2020
Gigaspermum repens at Dunlop, ACT - 7 Jul 2020
Gigaspermum repens at Dunlop, ACT - 7 Jul 2020
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Identification history

Gigaspermum repens 22 Jul 2020 Heino1
Unidentified 11 Jul 2020 CathB

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Heino1 wrote:
   22 Jul 2020
In the photos you mostly see female plants but in photo 4 some males plants are obvious. A larger cluster of male plants is shown at
https://www.anbg.gov.au/bryophyte/photos-captions/gigaspermum-repens-185.html and female plants with mature capsules at https://www.anbg.gov.au/bryophyte/photos-captions/gigaspermum-repens-77.html. Ferdinand von Mueller once mistook specimens of this moss for a flowering plant and described the new flowering species Trianthema humillima. See the story at: http://www.anbg.gov.au/bryophyte/case-studies/trianthema-humillima.html.

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Sighting information

  • 16 - 100 Abundance
  • 7 Jul 2020 02:11 PM Recorded on
  • CathB Recorded by

Species information

  • Gigaspermum repens Scientific name
  • Moss Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 915.76m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
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