Saelania

Saelania is a genus of mosses in the monotypic family Saelaniaceae in subclass Dicranidae.[1][2] The genus was previously placed in family Ditrichaceae.[1][3] Saelania is named after Finnish botanist Thiodolf Saelan.[4]

Saelania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Grimmiales
Family: Saelaniaceae
Ignatov & Fedosov
Genus: Saelania
Lindb.
Species

See text.

Species

The genus Saelania contains four species:[4]

  • Saelania caesia (Vill. ex P. Beauv.) Lindb.
  • Saelania glaucescens (Hedw.) Broth.
  • Saelania pruinosa (Müll. Hal.) Broth.
  • Saelania subglaucescens (Müll. Hal.) Broth.

References
  1. Fedosov, Vladimir E.; Fedorova, Alina V.; Fedosov, Alexander E.; Ignatov, Michael S. (2016). "Phylogenetic inference and peristome evolution in haplolepideous mosses, focusing on Pseudoditrichaceae and Ditrichaceaes. l." Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 181 (2): 139–155. doi:10.1111/boj.12408. ISSN 0024-4074.
  2. Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. (31 March 2020). "Classification of extant moss genera". Classification of the Bryophyta. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  3. Goffinet, B.; Buck, W. R.; Shaw, A. J. (2008). "Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta". In Goffinet, B.; Shaw, J. (eds.). Bryophyte Biology (2nd ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 55–138. ISBN 978-0-521-87225-6.
  4. "Saelania Lindb". World Flora Online. Retrieved 15 April 2020.


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