Herzogiella

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Herzogiella
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Hypnales
Family: Hypnaceae
Genus: Herzogiella
Broth.
Synonyms

Sharpiella Z. Iwats.

Herzogiella is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Hypnaceae. [1]

The genus name of Herzogiella is in honour of Theodor Carl Julius Herzog (1880– 1961), who was a German bryologist and phytogeographer. [2]

The genus was circumscribed by Viktor Ferdinand Brotherus in Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed.2, vol.11 on page 466 in 1925.

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. [1]

Species: [1] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Herzogiella Broth". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  2. 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 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  3. "Herzogiella Broth". www.worldfloraonline.org/. Retrieved 25 May 2022.