Pleurophascum

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Pleurophascum
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Pleurophascum grandiglobum , growing on the subalpine buttongrass moorlands along Gelignite creek, Scotts Peak Dam Road
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Pleurophascales
Family: Pleurophascaceae
Broth.
Genus: Pleurophascum
Lindb.
Species

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

Three species are recognised: [4]

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References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. (31 March 2020). "Classification of extant moss genera". Classification of the Bryophyta. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  3. ↑ Brinda, John C.; Atwood, John J. (eds.). "A Classification of the Dicranidae". The Bryophyte Nomenclator. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  4. ↑ "Pleurophascum Lindb". World Flora Online . Retrieved 25 April 2020.


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