Andreaeobryum is a genus of moss with a single species Andreaeobryum macrosporum, endemic to Alaska and western Canada.[4] The genus is placed as a separate family, order and class among the mosses.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Andreaeobryopsida Goffinet & W.R.Buck[3] |
| Order: | Andreaeobryales B.M.Murray[2] |
| Family: | Andreaeobryaceae Steere & B.M.Murray |
| Genus: | Andreaeobryum Steere & B.M.Murray[1] |
| Species: | A. macrosporum
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| Binomial name | |
| Andreaeobryum macrosporum | |
class Andreaeobryopsida
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| The phylogenetic position of Andreaeobryum among the eight classes of mosses, based on inferences from DNA sequence data.[6][3] |
References
edit- ^ a b Steere, W. C.; B. M. Murray (1976). "Andreaeobryum macrosporum, a new genus and species of Musci from northern Alaska and Canada". Phytologia. 33: 407–410. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.16794.
- ^ Murray, B. M. (1988). "Systematics of the Andreaeopsida (Bryophyta): Two orders with links to Takakia". Nova Hedwigia. 90: 289–336.
- ^ a b Goffinet, Bernard; William R. Buck (2004). "Systematics of the Bryophyta (Mosses): From molecules to a revised classification". Monographs in Systematic Botany. Molecular Systematics of Bryophytes. 98. Missouri Botanical Garden Press: 205–239. ISBN 1-930723-38-5.
- ^ Eckel, Patricia M. (2007). "Andreaeobryaceae". Flora of North America. Vol. 27. pp. 108–110.
- ^ Buck, William R.; Bernard Goffinet (2000). "Morphology and classification of mosses". In A. Jonathan Shaw; Bernard Goffinet (eds.). Bryophyte Biology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 71–123. ISBN 0-521-66097-1.
- ^ Goffinet, B.; W. R. Buck & A. J. Shaw (2008). "Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta". In Bernard Goffinet & A. Jonathan Shaw (eds.). Bryophyte Biology (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 55–138. ISBN 9780521872256.
Further reading
edit- Eckel, Patricia M. 2007. Bryophyte Flora of North America: Andreaeobryaceae
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