| Helicarion/sandbox | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Bryidae |
| Order: | Hypnales |
| Family: | Lembophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Camptochaete |
| Species: | C. monolina
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| Binomial name | |
| Camptochaete monolina Meagher & Cairns
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Camptochaete monolina is a species of moss found in the Wet Tropics of Australia.
Description
editCamptochaete monolina is a large moss (to 110 mm) with stem and branches covered in overlapping orbiculate to suborbiculate leaves. A robust midrib extends to 60% of the leaf length. [1]
Distribution and habitat
editIt occurs as an lithophyte in simple microphyll vine-forest on Mount Bellenden Ker, Woorooonooran National Park, Far North Queensland.
References
edit- ^ Meagher, D., Cairns, A. & Tagney, R. (2020). Camptochaete monolina sp. nov. and Camptochaete subporotrichoides (Bryophyta: Lembophyllaceae) from the Australian Wet Tropics. Telopea 23: 213-220.