''Camptochaete'' is a genus of
moss
Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) '' sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise liverworts, mosses, and hor ...
es found in
Australasia. The genus was described in 1870 by
Heinrich Wilhelm Reichardt Heinrich may refer to:
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(1835–1885). The name, from
Greek ''kamptos'', meaning bent, altered, and ''chaite'', meaning hair, bristle, likely refers to the curved
seta.
Species include:
* ''
Camptochaete aciphylla''
Dixon & Sainsbury
* ''
Camptochaete angustata''
(Mitt.) Reichardt
* ''
Camptochaete arbuscula''
(Sm.) Reichardt
* ''
Camptochaete curvata''
Tangney
* ''
Camptochaete deflexa''
(Wilson) A.Jaeger
* ''
Camptochaete excavata''
(Taylor) A.Jaeger
* ''
Camptochaete leichhardtii''
(Hampe) Broth.
* ''
Camptochaete monolina''
Meagher & Cairns
* ''
Camptochaete pulvinata''
(Hook.f. & Wilson) A.Jaeger
* ''
Camptochaete subporotrichoides''
(Broth. & Geh.) Broth. (Besch.)
References
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Lembophyllaceae
Plants described in 1870
Moss genera