Pleurophascum
| Pleurophascum | |
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| Pleurophascum grandiglobum, growing on the subalpine buttongrass moorlands along Gelignite creek, Scotts Peak Dam Road | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Dicranidae |
| Order: | Pleurophascales |
| Family: | Pleurophascaceae Broth. |
| Genus: | Pleurophascum Lindb. |
| Species | |
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3 species (see text) | |
Pleurophascum is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the monotypic family Pleurophascaceae.[1][2] The family was previously place in the order Pottiales,[2] but is not place in its own monotypic order, Pleurophascales.[3]
Species
[edit]Three species are recognised:[4]
- Pleurophascum grandiglobum Lindb.
- Pleurophascum occidentale R.E. Wyatt & A.H. Stoneb.
- Pleurophascum ovalifolium Fife & Dalton
References
[edit]- ^ Goffinet, B.; Buck, W. R.; Shaw, A. J. (2008). "Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta". In Goffinet, B.; Shaw, J. (eds.). Bryophyte Biology (2nd ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 55–138. ISBN 978-0-521-87225-6.
- ^ a b Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. (31 March 2020). "Classification of extant moss genera". Classification of the Bryophyta. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ Brinda, John C.; Atwood, John J. (eds.). "A Classification of the Dicranidae". The Bryophyte Nomenclator. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ "Pleurophascum Lindb". World Flora Online. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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