Distichium is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the monotypic family Distichiaceae.[1][2]

Distichium
Distichium capillaceum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Distichiales
Family: Distichiaceae
Schimp.
Genus: Distichium
Bruch & Schimp.

Taxonomy

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The genus Distichium has traditionally been considered part of family Ditrichaceae.[3] However, phylogenetic analyses have found Ditrichaceae to be polyphyletic and Distichium part of a protohaplolepidous grade of early branching lineages in Dicranidae.[2][4] Based on these studies Distichium was restored to Distichiaceae, where it was originally placed by Schimper (1860).[2] The family is now placed in order Distichiales along with family Timmiellaceae.[5]

Species

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The genus contains the following species:[6]

References

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  1. ^ Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. (31 March 2020). "Classification of extant moss genera". Classification of the Bryophyta. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Inoue, Yuya; Tsubota, Hiromi (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): 151. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.181.3.3. ISSN 1179-3163.
  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. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Brinda, John C.; Atwood, John J. (eds.). "A Classification of the Dicranidae". The Bryophyte Nomenclator. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Distichium Bruch & Schimp". World Flora Online. Retrieved 13 April 2020.