Conardia

Conardia is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Amblystegiaceae.[1]

Conardia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Hypnales
Family: Amblystegiaceae
Genus: Conardia
H.Rob.

The genus was first described by Harold E. Robinson.[1]

The genus name of Conardia is in honour of Henry Shoemaker Conard (1874 - 1971), an American botanist who was a leading authority on bryophytes and water lilies, as well as an early advocate of environmental preservation.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Harold Ernest Robinson in Phytologia Vol.33 (Issue 4) on page 294 in 1976.

The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America.[1]

Species:

  • Conardia compacta H.Robinson, 1976[1]

References

  1. "Conardia H.Rob". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.


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