Mittenia
| Mittenia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Dicranidae |
| Order: | Mitteniales |
| Family: | Mitteniaceae Broth. |
| Genus: | Mittenia Lindb. |
| Species: | M. plumula |
| Binomial name | |
| Mittenia plumula (Mitt.) Lindb. | |
Mittenia is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) with a single species, Mittenia plumula, which is the sole representative of the family Mitteniaceae. The family was previously placed in the order Pottiales, but is now placed in its own monotypic order, Mitteniales.
It has luminescent protonema.
References
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. (31 March 2020). "Classification of extant moss genera". Classification of the Bryophyta. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ↑ "Mittenia plumula (Mitt.) Lindb". World Flora Online. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ↑ Brinda, John C.; Atwood, John J. (eds.). "A Classification of the Dicranidae". The Bryophyte Nomenclator. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ↑ Stone, Ilma G (1961). "The highly refractive protonema of Mittenia plumula (Mitt) Lindb". Proc Roy Soc Vict. 74: 119–124.
- ↑ Stone, Ilma G (1986). "The relationship between Mittenia plumula (Mitt.) Lindb. and Schistostega pennata (Hedw.) Web. & Mohr". Journal of Bryology. 14 (2): 301–314. doi:10.1179/jbr.1986.14.2.301. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
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