posted on 2023-11-22, 10:06authored byLeonard Rodway
This hepatic was discovered by Goebel in Java, and described by him as recently as 1891- It was subsequently recorded from Tahiti, Samoa, and New Zealand, and now I have gathered it in dense woods on the southern slopes of Mt. Wellington, near the end of Strickland Avenue, and also near Forked Creek. Specimens have been forwarded to Stephani, who confirms the identification. Treubia is of great interest to the Bryologist, for it combines reproductive and fruiting characters of Aneuraceae with the leafy morphology of the Acrogyneae. We must always remember that leaves of mosses and leaves of flowering plants are only alike in name and function. They can have no relationship one to another. They belong to different categories, and cannot truthfully be compared, except so far as their function.
History
Publication title
Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
Pagination
62
ISSN
0080-4703
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In 1843 the Horticultural and Botanical Society of Van Diemen's Land was founded and became the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science in 1844. In 1855 its name changed to Royal Society of Tasmania for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science. In 1911 the name was shortened to Royal Society of Tasmania..