Wardia
Wardia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Bryophyta |
Class: | Bryopsida |
Subclass: | Dicranidae |
Order: | Dicranales |
Family: | Dicranaceae |
Genus: | Wardia Harv. & Hook. |
Species: | W. hygrometrica
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Binomial name | |
Wardia hygrometrica Harv. & Hook.
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Wardia is a monotypic genus of mosses in the subclass Dicranidae; it contains only the species Wardia hygrometrica, "an aquatic moss endemic to the Western Cape province of South Africa."[1] Because it is an aquatic moss, it was first classified in the Fontinalaceae, but molecular studies have shown that it is more closely related to the Dicranaceae.
References[]
- ^ Hedderson, Terry A., Cymon J. Cox, & J. George Gibbins. 1999. Phylogenetic Relationships of the Wardiaceae (Musci); Evidence from 18s rRNA and rps4 Gene Sequences. The Bryologist 102 (1): 26-31.
Categories:
- Dicranales
- Monotypic moss genera
- Bryophyte stubs