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Abstract

Ambuchanania leucobryoides is a moss listed as rare under the Tasmanian Threatened Species Protection Act 1995. It is endemic to Tasmania
and is monotypic at the genus and family levels. It is sister group to the widespread and speciose genus Sphagnum. In 2008, a survey
funded by the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area Program (Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water,
Heritage and the Arts) established the exact location of the A. leucobryoides type locality and extended the known range of the moss. The
moss is now known from three locations in southwest Tasmania and has a linear range of 127 km. It occurs in sandy washes or "daisy
pans" derived from Precambrian quartzite.

Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Johnson, KA and Whinam, J and Buchanan, AM and Balmer, J
Keywords:	Royal Society of Tasmania, RST, Van Diemens Land, natural history, science, ecology, taxonomy, botany, zoology, geology, geography, papers & proceedings, Australia, UTAS Library
Journal or Publication Title:	Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
ISSN:	0080-4703
Collections:	Royal Society Collection > Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
Additional Information:	Copyright Royal Society of Tasmania
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