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Calymperastrum latifolium
Calymperastrum latifolium, the Djiriji Moss, is a small, rarely collected moss and the only species in its genus. It is known only from the trunks of Macrozamia cycads in the Southwest of Western Australia, so it is not a plant you would normally grow in a garden.
Calymperastrum latifolium is the sole species in the monotypic moss genus Calymperastrum. It is a poorly known moss, having been collected only three times. All three collections were from the trunks of Macrozamia, in the Southwest Botanic Province of Western Australia. It is presumed endemic to the region, making it the only moss genus known endemic to that state.
This moss has only been collected three times, once from near Perth, and twice from the vicinity of Windy Harbour. It is therefore presumed endemic to the Southwest Botanic Province of Western Australia. This would make it the only endemic moss genus in Western Australia, although the region is thought to contain a further three endemic species of non-endemic genera.
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