Pleurophascum
| Pleurophascum | |
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| Pleurophascum grandiglobum, growing on the subalpine buttongrass moorlands along Gelignite creek, Scotts Peak Dam Road | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Dicranidae |
| Order: | Pleurophascales |
| Family: | Pleurophascaceae Broth. |
| Genus: | Pleurophascum Lindb. |
| Species | |
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3 species (see text) | |
Pleurophascum is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the monotypic family Pleurophascaceae. The family was previously placed in the order Pottiales, but is now placed in its own monotypic order, Pleurophascales.
Species
Three species are recognised:
- Pleurophascum grandiglobum Lindb.
- Pleurophascum occidentale R.E. Wyatt & A.H. Stoneb.
- Pleurophascum ovalifolium Fife & Dalton
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.
- ↑ Brinda, John C.; Atwood, John J. (eds.). "A Classification of the Dicranidae". The Bryophyte Nomenclator. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ↑ "Pleurophascum Lindb". World Flora Online. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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