Mittenia

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Mittenia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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. ISBN 978-0-521-87225-6
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  2. ^ Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. (31 March 2020). "Classification of extant moss genera". Classification of the Bryophyta. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Mittenia plumula (Mitt.) Lindb". World Flora Online. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  4. ^ Stone, Ilma G (1961). "The highly refractive protonema of Mittenia plumula (Mitt) Lindb". Proc Roy Soc Vict. 74: 119–124.
  5. doi:10.1179/jbr.1986.14.2.301
    . Retrieved 11 May 2020.


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