Austrothamnium pandum is a species of moss from Australia and New Zealand.
Description Austrothamnium pandum is a small, gregarious dark green moss.
Taxonomy The species was first scientifically described by Joseph Dalton Hooker and William M. Wilson in 1854 as Isothecium pandum. Johannes Enroth reclassified the species with the name Austrothamnium pandum in 2019.
Etymology The generic name is from the Latin for 'southern' combined with the genus name for Thamnobryum. The species name is the Latin for 'bent, curved.'
Range North and South Island of New Zealand, Queensland and New South Wales Australia, and Norfolk Island.
Habitat Grows in wet areas, particularly along streams.
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