Seligeria

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Seligeria
Seligeria trifaria (a, 144346-474700) 7580.JPG
Seligeria trifaria
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Grimmiales
Family: Seligeriaceae
Genus: Seligeria
Bruch & Schimp.

Seligeria is a genus of moss. There are 38 unique species of Seligeria on The Plant List. [1]

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Distribution

Seligeria can be found in Europe, North America, New Zealand and Tasmania. Most species of Seligeria are native to the Northern Hemisphere, but Seligeria cardotti and Seligeria diminuta are native to the Southern Hemisphere. [2]

Selected species: [3]

References

  1. List of Seligeria species
  2. Dalton, P (1998). "Seligeria cardotii R.Br., a new moss record for Tasmania". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 132: 41–45. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1995.10412952.
  3. Atherton, Ian; Bosanquet, Sam; Lawley, Mark (2010). Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland: a field guide (First ed.). British Bryological Society. pp. 1–848. ISBN   9780956131010.