Amphidium (plant)

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Amphidium
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Amphidium mougeotii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Amphidiales
Family: Amphidiaceae
Genus: Amphidium
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Amphidium is a genus of mosses belonging to the monotypic family Amphidiaceae. [1] It has previously been placed in families Orthotrichaceae [2] and Rhabdoweisiaceae. [3] [4]

The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.[ citation needed ]

Species: [5] [6]

References

  1. Brinda, John C.; Atwood, John J. (eds.). "A Classification of the Dicranidae". The Bryophyte Nomenclator. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  2. "Amphidium". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  3. 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.
  4. Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. (4 March 2014). "Classification of extant moss genera". Classification of the Bryophyta. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  5. Brinda, John C.; Atwood, John J. (eds.). "A synopsis of Amphidium". The Bryophyte Nomenclator. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  6. "4000001708". World Flora Online . Retrieved 22 November 2024.