Mittenia is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) with a single species, Mittenia plumula, which is the sole representative of the family Mitteniaceae.[1][2][3] The family was previously placed in the order Pottiales,[2] but is now placed in its own monotypic order, Mitteniales.[4]

Mittenia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Mitteniales
Family: Mitteniaceae
Broth.
Genus: Mittenia
Lindb.
Species:
M. plumula
Binomial name
Mittenia plumula
(Mitt.) Lindb.

It has luminescent protonema.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. (31 March 2020). "Classification of extant moss genera". Classification of the Bryophyta. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Mittenia plumula (Mitt.) Lindb". World Flora Online. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  4. ^ Brinda, John C.; Atwood, John J. (eds.). "A Classification of the Dicranidae". The Bryophyte Nomenclator. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  5. ^ Stone, Ilma G (1961). "The highly refractive protonema of Mittenia plumula (Mitt) Lindb". Proc Roy Soc Vict. 74: 119–124.
  6. ^ Stone, Ilma G (1986). "The relationship between Mittenia plumula (Mitt.) Lindb. and Schistostega pennata (Hedw.) Web. & Mohr". Journal of Bryology. 14 (2): 301–314. doi:10.1179/jbr.1986.14.2.301. Retrieved 11 May 2020.