| Calomnion | |
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| Calomnion complanatum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Bryidae |
| Order: | Rhizogoniales |
| Family: | Rhizogoniaceae |
| Genus: | Calomnion Hook.f. & Wilson |
Calomnion is a genus of mosses in the family Rhizogoniaceae. [1] They have been reported from Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia, Melanesia, New Guinea, and eastern Indonesia. [2] [3]
The genus was originally placed within its own family, the Calomniaceae, with the genus Nadeaudia. Nadeudia contained one species, Nadeaudia schistostegiella, which is now considered a synonym for Calomnion schistostegiellum . [4]
Species included in the genus are: [5]
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