Archidium

Archidium is a genus of mosses; it is the only[3] genus in the family Archidiaceae and order Archidiales.[2] Historically, they were considered the only genus in the subclass Archidiidae Engl.[4][5]

Archidium
Archidium alternifolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Archidiales
Limpr.
Family: Archidiaceae
Schimp.[1]
Genus: Archidium
Brid.[2]
Species

See classification

Classification

The genus Archidium includes 35 species (this list may be incomplete):

  • Archidium acanthophyllum[6]
  • Archidium alternifolium
  • Archidium andersonianum[6]
  • Archidium donnellii
  • Archidium elatum, Dixon & Sainsbury
  • Archidium hallii
  • Archidium minus
  • Archidium minutissimum[7]
  • Archidium muellerianum[6]
  • Archidium ohioense
  • Archidium stellatum
  • Archidium tenerrimum
  • Archidium wattsii [8]

References
  1. Tropicos: Archidiaceae Schimp.
  2. NZOR Name Details: Archidium Brid. New Zealand Organisms Register.
  3. The Plant List: Archidiaceae
  4. Engler, Adolf (1892). Syllabus der Vorlesungen über specielle und medicinisch-pharmaceutische Botanik. Eine Uebersicht über das gesammte Pflanzensystem mit Berücksichtigung der Medicinal- und Nutzpflanzen, (in German). Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger. p. 47.
  5. Gradstein, S. Robbert; Churchill, Steven P.; Salazar-Allen, Noris (2001). Guide to the Bryophytes of Tropical America. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 86. New York Botanical Garden. p. 19.
  6. Snider, Jerry A. (1975). "Three New Species of Archidium from Africa". The Bryologist. 78 (2): 152–159. doi:10.2307/3242045. ISSN 0007-2745. JSTOR 3242045. JSTOR
  7. Stone, I.G. (2013). "Archidium minutissimum, a new species from Queensland, Australia". Journal of Bryology. 13 (3): 353–357. doi:10.1179/jbr.1985.13.3.353. ISSN 0373-6687.
  8. Stone, I.G. (2013). "Archidium wattsii comb. nov. in Australia". Journal of Bryology. 13 (2): 153–157. doi:10.1179/jbr.1984.13.2.153. ISSN 0373-6687.
  • Stone, Ilma G. (1984). "Archidium wattsiicomb. nov. in Australia". Journal of Bryology. 13 (2): 153–157. doi:10.1179/jbr.1984.13.2.153.
  • Stone, Ilma G. (1987). "The development of the Archidium capsule: clarification of a misconception". Journal of Bryology. 14 (4): 745–751. doi:10.1179/jbr.1987.14.4.745.


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