Platyhypnum

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Platyhypnum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Hypnales
Family: Amblystegiaceae
Genus: Platyhypnum
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Synonyms [1]
  • OchyraeaVáňa
  • PlatyhypnidiumM.Fleisch.

Platyhypnum is a genus of mosses in the family Amblystegiaceae.

Previously accepted as Ochyraea, that genus was named in honour of Ryszard Ochyra (born 1949), a Polish bryologist [2] and was circumscribed by Jiří Váňa in J. Bryol. vol.14 on page 261 in 1986. They have been found in Europe and across Russia. [3]

Species

As accepted by Catalog of Life: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Platyhypnum". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  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. "Ochyraea Vána". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 August 2022.