Garovaglia is a genus of mosses in the family Ptychomniaceae.[2]

Garovaglia
Spread of Garovaglia sp controlled by a crustaceous lichen in Wynaad, India, 2016
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Ptychomniales
Family: Ptychomniaceae
Genus: Garovaglia
Endlicher, 1836[1]
Species

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Synonyms

Several, including: Carovaglia Endl.

The genus name of Garovaglia is in honour of Santo Garovaglio (1805 - 1882), who was an Italian botanist (Mycology and Bryology), Professor of Natural History at the University of Pavia.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Vittore Benedetto Antonio Trevisan de Saint-Léon in Caratt. Tre Nuov. Gen. Collem. Vol.1 in 1853, then in Biblioth. Lichenol. Vol.107 on page 41 in 2012 (Secondary Literature).

Species

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Garovaglia angustifolia - Garovaglia aristata - Garovaglia baeuerlenii - Garovaglia binsteadii - Garovaglia brassii - Garovaglia compressa - Garovaglia crispa - Garovaglia crispata - Garovaglia eberhardtii - Garovaglia elegans - Garovaglia luzonensis - Garovaglia mujuensis - Garovaglia plicata (type) - Garovaglia plumosa - Garovaglia powellii - Garovaglia robbinsii - Garovaglia subelegans - Garovaglia tortifolia - Garovaglia zantenii

References

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  1. ^ Genera plantarum. S Endlicher, Vindobonae. Wien, 1836
  2. ^ "Garovaglia Trevisan, 1853". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  3. ^ 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 January 27, 2022.
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