Biology:Oedipodiella

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Short description: Genus of mosses

Oedipodiella
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Order: Gigaspermales
Family: Gigaspermaceae
Genus: Oedipodiella
Dixon
Species:
O. australis
Binomial name
Oedipodiella australis
(Wager & Dixon) Dixon

Oedipodiella is a genus of moss in the family Gigaspermaceae; it contains the single species Oedipodiella australis. This species is restricted to wooded areas of open grassland in South Africa ,[1] although a variety (O. australis var. catalaunica) is reported from Spain .[2]

References

  1. Magill, Robert E. (1987). "Gigaspermaceae". Flora of Southern Africa. 1. pp. 299–303. http://www.dulwichrunners.org.uk/gba/giga.htm. 
  2. Mueller, Dale M. J.; Rushing, Ann E. (1985). "Development of the Gemmae of Oedipodiella (Musci). I. Scanning Electron Microscopy and Growth in Culture". The Bryologist 88 (2): 69–73. doi:10.2307/3242583. 

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