Bruchia (plant)

Bruchia
Bruchia flexuosa - This small moss was photographed on soil near a trail in Middletown Trailside County Park, Lake County, California.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Bryophyta
Class:	Bryopsida
Subclass:	Dicranidae
Order:	Bruchiales
Family:	Bruchiaceae
Genus:	Bruchia Schwägrichen, 1824
Species
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Bruchia is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the family Bruchiaceae.

The genus name of Bruchia is in honour of Philipp Bruch (1781–1847), a German pharmacist and bryologist born in Zweibrücken. ^[1]

The genus was circumscribed by Christian Friedrich Schwägrichen in Sp. Musc. Suppl. Vol.2 (Issue 1) on page 91 in 1824.

Species

• Bruchia aurea
• Bruchia bolanderi
• Bruchia brevifolia
• Bruchia brevipes
• Bruchia carinata
• Bruchia carolinae
• Bruchia drummondii
• Bruchia eckloniana
• Bruchia elegans
• Bruchia flexuosa
• Bruchia fusca

• Bruchia hallii
• Bruchia hampeana
• Bruchia microspora
• Bruchia paricutinensis
• Bruchia queenslandica
• Bruchia ravenelii
• Bruchia sinensis
• Bruchia texana
• Bruchia uruguensis
• Bruchia vogesiaca

References

1. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN   978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID   246307410 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.