Biology:Hennediella

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Short description: Genus of mosses

Hennediella
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Pottiales
Family: Pottiaceae
Genus: Hennediella
Paris

Hennediella is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Pottiaceae.[1]

The genus name of Hennediella is in honour of Roger Hennedy (1809 - 1877), who was a Scottish printer and botanist (Pteridology).[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Jean Édouard Gabriel Narcisse Paris in Index bryologicus (Paris) vol.2 on page 557 in 1895.

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

Species:

  • Hennediella acletoi Zander, 1993[1]
  • Hennediella acutidentata Zander, 1993[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Hennediella Paris" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/2670757. 
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022) (in German) (pdf). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022. 

Wikidata ☰ Q17290372 entry