Biology:Mittenia

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Mittenia is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) with a single species, Mittenia plumula, which is the sole representative of the family Mitteniaceae.[1][2][3] The family was previously placed in the order Pottiales,[2] but is now placed in its own monotypic order, Mitteniales.[4]

It has luminescent protonema.[5][6]

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. 2.0 2.1 Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. (31 March 2020). "Classification of extant moss genera". http://bryology.uconn.edu/classification/#DICRANIDAE. 
  3. "Mittenia plumula (Mitt.) Lindb.". https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001187153. 
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  5. Stone, Ilma G (1961). "The highly refractive protonema of Mittenia plumula (Mitt) Lindb.". Proc Roy Soc Vict 74: 119–124. 
  6. 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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