Andreaeobryum

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Andreaeobryum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Andreaeobryopsida
Goffinet & W.R.Buck[3]
Order: Andreaeobryales
B.M.Murray[2]
Family: Andreaeobryaceae
Steere & B.M.Murray
Genus: Andreaeobryum
Steere & B.M.Murray[1]
Species:
A. macrosporum
Binomial name
Andreaeobryum macrosporum
Steere & B.M.Murray[1]

Andreaeobryum is a genus of moss with a single species Andreaeobryum macrosporum, endemic to Alaska and western Canada.[4] The genus is placed as a separate family, order and class among the mosses.[5]

class Andreaeobryopsida
order Andreaeobryales
family Andreaeobraceae
Andreaeobryum

Takakiopsida

Sphagnopsida

Andreaeopsida

Andreaeobryum

Oedipodiopsida

Tetraphidopsida

Polytrichopsida

Bryopsida

The phylogenetic position of Andreaeobryum among the eight classes of mosses, based on inferences from DNA sequence data.[6][3]

References

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  2. ^ Murray, B. M. (1988). "Systematics of the Andreaeopsida (Bryophyta): Two orders with links to Takakia". Nova Hedwigia. 90: 289–336.
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  4. ^ Eckel, Patricia M. (2007). "Andreaeobryaceae". Flora of North America. Vol. 27. pp. 108–110.
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