Key to Tasmanian Dicots
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Scleropodium (Brachytheciaceae)
     
In Tasmania, Scleropodium is represented by a single species, S. australe.

S. australe is an enigmatic species that is known only from a single specimen collected in the vicinity of the Cascade Brewery, South Hobart. It resembles closely the common weedy Pseudoscleropodium purum. However, the shoots of S. australe curl when dry, a feature not observed in dried specimens of P. purum.

   
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