Bruchia is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the family Bruchiaceae.

Bruchia
Bruchia flexuosa - This small moss was photographed on soil near a trail in Middletown Trailside County Park, Lake County, California.
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Bruchiales
Family: Bruchiaceae
Genus: Bruchia
Schwägrichen, 1824
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The genus name of Bruchia is in honour of Philipp Bruch (1781–1847), a German pharmacist and bryologist born in Zweibrücken.[1]

The genus was circumscribed by Christian Friedrich Schwägrichen in Sp. Musc. Suppl. Vol.2 (Issue 1) on page 91 in 1824.

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References

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  1. ^ 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.