Biology:Mittenia

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Short description: Monotypic genus of haplolepideous mosses

Mittenia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Pottiales
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 in the order Pottiales.[1][2][3]

It has luminescent protonema.[4][5]


References

  1. Goffinet, B.; Buck, W. R.; Shaw, A. J. (2008). "Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta". Bryophyte Biology (2nd ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 55–138. ISBN 978-0-521-87225-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=te0fAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT108. 
  2. Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. (31 March 2020). "Classification of extant moss genera". http://bryology.uconn.edu/classification/#DICRANIDAE. 
  3. "Mittenia plumula (Mitt.) Lindb.". http://www.worldfloraonline.org. 
  4. Stone, Ilma G (1961). "The highly refractive protonema of Mittenia plumula (Mitt) Lindb.". Proc Roy Soc Vict 74: 119–124. 
  5. 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. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/jbr.1986.14.2.301. Retrieved 11 May 2020. 

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