Buxbaumia novae-zelandiae
Common name
Moss
Synonyms
None - though Buxbaumia colyerae Burges of New South Wales, Australia might be conspecific
Family
Buxbaumiaceae
Flora category
Non-vascular – Native
Endemic taxon
Yes
Endemic genus
No
Endemic family
No
Structural class
Mosses
Current conservation status
- Conservation status of New Zealand mosses, 2014 (PDF, 583.87 kB)
The conservation status of 109 New Zealand moss taxa was assessed using the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS). Four taxa and one undescribed entity that were not included in previous assessments have been added to the list. The conservation status of only two taxa has changed in this assessment. A full list is presented, along with a statistical summary and brief notes on the changes. This list replaces all previous NZTCS lists for mosses. Authors: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Allan J. Fife, Jessica E. Beever, Patrick J. Brownsey and Rodney A. Hitchmough.
- Conservation status of New Zealand hornworts and liverworts, 2014 (PDF, 695.44 kB)
The conservation status of the New Zealand hornwort and liverwort flora is reassessed using the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS). A full list is presented, along with a statistical summary and brief notes on the most important changes. This list replaces all previous NZTCS lists for New Zealand hornworts and liverworts which previously had been part of a generic bryophyte conservation status assessment that included mosses. Authors: Peter J. de Lange, David Glenny, John Braggins, Matt Renner, Matt von Konrat, John Engel, Catherine Reeb and Jeremy Rolfe.
Source: NZTCS and licensed by DOC for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
2009 | Not Threatened
Previous conservation status
2004 | Sparse
Distribution
?Endemic. North Island (Atiamuri, Karakariki, Barryville, Bennydale, Te Kuiti, Pureora, Wairoa, Ngaroma, Mokau, Awakino, Tarawera); South Island (Seddonville, Grey Valley near Greymouth)
Detailed description
Minute, colonial plants growing on a felted protonema on soil or rock. Leaves up to 0.6 mm long, red-brown, narrowly or broadly lanceolate, acute or obtuse, sometimes irregularly divided at the apex; margins bluntly toothed in upper half, without cilia. Cells most subrectangular, smooth, incrassate. Seta 10-25 mm long, red, smooth or slightly and finely papillose, glossy. Capsule 6-7 mm long, suberect, oval in outline, slightly flattened above, pale brown, smooth. Stomata superficial, often wanting, 2-celled. Outer peristome of more than one layer of cells. Operculum bluntly conical. Spores c.10 microns diameter.
Fruiting
October - February (possibly longer)
Threats
Not Threatened. Although very easily overlooked indications are that this species is genuinely uncommon and biologicaly sparse
Substrate
Terricolous or saxicolous on acidic rocks and soils derived from these, where it usually grows from amongst dead or dying liverworts. This species has been collected from coastal to montane forest and scrub.
Etymology
novae-zelandiae: Of New Zealand
Attribution
Fact sheet prepared for NZPCN by P.J. de Lange 30 September 2007.
NZPCN Fact Sheet citation
Please cite as: de Lange, P.J. (Year at time of access): Buxbaumia novae-zelandiae Fact Sheet (content continuously updated). New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/buxbaumia-novae-zelandiae/ (Date website was queried)