Biology:Saelania

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Short description: Genus of mosses

Saelania
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Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Grimmiales
Family: Saelaniaceae
Ignatov & Fedosov
Genus: Saelania
Lindb.
Species

See text.

Saelania is a genus of mosses in the monotypic family Saelaniaceae in subclass Dicranidae.[1][2] The genus was previously placed in family Ditrichaceae.[1][3] Saelania is named after Finnish botanist Thiodolf Saelan.[4]

Species

The genus Saelania contains four species:[4]

  • Saelania caesia (Vill. ex P. Beauv.) Lindb.
  • Saelania glaucescens (Hedw.) Broth.
  • Saelania pruinosa (Müll. Hal.) Broth.
  • Saelania subglaucescens (Müll. Hal.) Broth.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Fedosov, Vladimir E.; Fedorova, Alina V.; Fedosov, Alexander E.; Ignatov, Michael S. (2016). "Phylogenetic inference and peristome evolution in haplolepideous mosses, focusing on Pseudoditrichaceae and Ditrichaceaes. l.". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 181 (2): 139–155. doi:10.1111/boj.12408. ISSN 0024-4074. 
  2. Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. (31 March 2020). "Classification of extant moss genera". http://bryology.uconn.edu/classification/#DICRANIDAE. 
  3. 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. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Saelania Lindb.". http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-4000033768. 

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