Entomophily and taxonomy of Splachnaceae

Aune Koponen

My studies on Splachnaceae actually begun when professor Tamás Pócs sent a specimen of Splachnaceae  to H and hoped it to be identified. It showed to be a species new to science and the securing its taxonomic position led to a revision of the genus Tayloria and and related genera. The entomophily (the fly/Splachnum/Tayloria/Tetraplodon relationships) was studied in the field as well as in the laboratory and showed to be in connection with the taxonomy and classification of these bryophytes.

Entomophily

Koponen, A. 1990: Entomophily in Splachnaceae. — Bot. J. Linnean Soc. 104–127.
Koponen, A. & Koponen, T. 1978: Evidence of entomophily in Splachnaceae (Bryophyta).  — Bryophytorum Bibliotheca 13: 569–577.
Koponen, A., Koponen, T., Pyysalo, H., Himberg, K.  & Mansikkamäki, P. 1990: Composition of volatile compounds in Splachnaceae. — In: H.D. Zinsmeister and R. Mues (eds.): Bryophytes, their chemistry and chemical taxonomy. — Proceedings Phytochemical Soc. Europe 29: 449–460.
Pyysalo, H., Koponen, A. & Koponen, T. 1978: Studies on entomophily in Splachnaceae (Musci). I. Volatile compounds in the sporophyte. — Ann. Bot. Fennici 15: 293–296.
Pyysalo, H., Koponen, A. & Koponen, T. 1983: Studies on entomophily in Splachnacae (Musci). II. Volatile compounds in the hypophysis. — Ann. Bot. Fennici 20: 335–338.

Taxonomy and classification

Koponen, A. 1975: Tayloria pocsii, spec. nova (Musci, Splachnaceae) from Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. — Ann. Bot. Fennici 12: 22–24.
Koponen, A. 1976: On Tayloria pichinchensis and Brachymenium speciosum (Musci, Bryaceae). — Ann. Bot. Fennici 13: 26.
Koponen, A. 1977: Tayloria subgen. Pseudotetraplodon, subgen. nov., and new combinations in Brachymitrion, Moseniella and Tayloria (Splachnaceae, Musci). — Ann. Bot. Fennici 14: 193–196.
Koponen, A. 1978: The peristome and spores in Splachnaceae and their evolutionary and systematic significance. — Bryophytorum Bibliotheca 13: 535–568.
Koponen, A. 1981: Splachnobryaceae, a new moss family. — Ann. Bot. Fennici 18: 123–132, 1981.
Koponen, A. 1982: The generic classification of the Splachnaceae. — Nova Hedwigia Beih. 71: 239–247.
Koponen, A. 1982: The family Splachnaceae in Australasia and the Pacific. — J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 52: 87–91, 1982.
Koponen, A. 1982: On the structure and function of the peristome in Splachnaceae. — J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 53: 73–98.
Koponen, A. 1983: Studies on the generic concept in the classification of the moss family Splachnaceae. — Helsingin yliopiston kasvitieteen laitoksen julkaisuja 11. 48 pp. (Academic Dissertation).
Koponen, A. 1987: Splachnaceae. In: Frey, W. (Herausgegeber) Moosflora und -Vegetation in Regenwäldern NO-Perus. Ergebnisse der Bryotrop-Expedition nach Peru 1982. — Nova Hedwigia Beih. 88: 24–25.
Koponen, A. 1990: Tayloria rubicaulis, a new species of Splachnaceae (Musci) from the Venezuelan and Colombian Andes. — Ann. Bot. Fennici 27: 43–46.
Koponen, A. 1992: European - Asiatic connection in Tayloria (Splachnaceae, Musci). — Bryobrothera 1: 57–62.
Koponen, A. & Koponen, T. 1978: The identity of Splachnum turbinatum and Tayloria henryae (Musci, Splachnaceae). — Ann. Bot. Fennici 15: 89–91.
Koponen, T. & Koponen, A. 1974: Tayloria subgenus Orthodon (Splachnaceae) in East Asia. — Ann. Bot. Fennici 11: 216–222.