''Calomnion'' is a genus of

moss Mosses are small, non-vascular plant, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic phylum, division Bryophyta (, ) ''sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Wilhelm Philippe Schimper, Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryo ...

es in the family

Rhizogoniaceae Rhizogoniaceae is a family of mosses in the order Rhizogoniales Rhizogoniales is an order (biology), order of mosses in the Bryopsida. Description Most of the taxa within the order are basal-branching pleurocarpous, pleurocarps. Taxonomy Two ...

. They have been reported from

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.Vitt, D. H. 1991. A new species of ''Calomnion'' (Bryopsida) from Lord Howe Island. Novon 1: 53–55.
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Classification

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''. Species included in the genus are:The Plant List
/ref> *'' Calomnion brownseyi'' Vitt & H.A. Mill. *'' Calomnion ceramense'' Vitt *'' Calomnion complanatum'' (Hook. f. & Wilson) Lindb. (type species) *'' Calomnion denticulatum'' Mitt. *'' Calomnion iwatsukii'' Vitt *'' Calomnion lillianiae'' Vitt & H.A. Mill. *'' Calomnion melanesicum'' H.A. Mill. *'' Calomnion milleri'' Vitt *'' Calomnion schistostegiellum'' (Besch.) Wijk & Margad.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q16955001 Moss genera Rhizogoniaceae Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker