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Pleurophascum

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Pleurophascum
Pleurophascum grandiglobum, growing on the subalpine buttongrass moorlands along Gelignite creek, Scotts Peak Dam Road
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Pottiales
Family: Pleurophascaceae
Broth.
Genus: Pleurophascum
Lindb.
Species

3 species (see text)

Pleurophascum is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the monotypic family Pleurophascaceae in the order Pottiales.[1][2]

Species

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Three species are recognised:[3]

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. ^ Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. (31 March 2020). "Classification of extant moss genera". Classification of the Bryophyta. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Pleurophascum Lindb". World Flora Online. Retrieved 25 April 2020.