Luisierella

Luisierella is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Timmiellaceae.[1]

Luisierella
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Family: Timmiellaceae
Genus: Luisierella
Thér. & P.de la Varde

It was in the family Pottiaceae but due to molecular phylogenetic analysis in 2014, it was placed in Timmiellaceae.[2]

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution,[1] found in the United States, Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America and in Asia.[3]

Species;[1]

  • Luisierella barbula Steere, 1945
  • Luisierella pusilla Thér. & P.de la Varde
  • Luisierella stenocarpa Bizot & Thér.Bruch & Schimp.

The genus name of Luisierella is in honour of Alphonse Luisier (1872-1957), (Swiss born) Portuguese clergyman and botanist (Bryology).[4]

The genus was circumscribed by Marie Hypolite Irénée Thériot and Robert André Léopold Potier de la Varde in Bull. Soc. Bot. France vol.83 on page 73 in 1936.[3]

References

  1. "Luisierella Thér. & P.de la Varde". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  2. Inoue, Yuya; Tsubota, Hiromi (3 October 2014). "On the systematic position of the genus Timmiella (Dicranidae, Bryopsida) and its allied genera, with the description of a new family Timmiellaceae". Phytotaxa. 181 (3).
  3. "Luisierella in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  4. 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. Retrieved 27 January 2022.


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