Oedipodium

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Oedipodium
Oedipodium griffithianum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Polytrichopsida
Goffinet & W.R.Buck[3]
Order: Oedipodiales
Goffinet & W.R.Buck[3]
Family: Oedipodiaceae
Schimp.[2]
Genus: Oedipodium
Schwägr.[1]
Species:
O. griffithianum
Binomial name
Oedipodium griffithianum
(Dickson) Schwägr.[1]
Synonyms[4]
  • Bryum griffithianum Dickson
  • Gymnostomum griffithianum (Dickson) Smith
  • Hymenostomum griffithianum (Dicks.) Spreng.
  • Bryum bulbiforme Broth.
  • Gymnomitriella laevifoliaSakurai
  • Splachnum froehlichianum With.
  • Splachnum succulentum Brid.

Oedipodium is the only

Newfoundland, Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands.[7]

The relationship of Oedipodium to other mosses has been much debated. Previously, the taxon has been included with the Funariales or the Splachnales. However, characteristics of the protonemata and asexual propagation, along with molecular evidence, point to a closer relationship with the Tetraphidaceae.[7]

order Oedipodiales
familyOedipodiaceae
Oedipodium

Takakiopsida

Sphagnopsida

Andreaeopsida

Andreaeobryopsida

Oedipodium

Tetraphidopsida

Polytrichopsida

Bryopsida

The phylogenetic position of Oedipodium among the eight classes of mosses, based on inferences from DNA sequence data.[8][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Schwägrichen, Christian Friedrich (1823). Species Muscorum frondosorum. Vol. Supplementum 2 (1, 1). p. 15.
  2. ^ Schimper, Wilhelm Philippe (1876). Synopsis Muscorum Europaea. Vol. XCVIII (2nd ed.). Stuttgart. p. 354.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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  4. ^ Tropicos, Oedipodium griffithianum
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  6. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Oedipodium griffithianum halleriana". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
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