''Bucklandiella'' is a genus of moss in the family
Grimmiaceae
Grimmiaceae is a family of mosses in the order Grimmiales.
Genera
''The Plant List'' and ''Tropicos'' list the following genera:
* '' Aligrimmia''
* '' Bucklandiella''
* '' Codriophorus''
* '' Coscinodon''
* '' Coscinodontella''
* '' Drypt ...
.
The genus name of ''Bucklandiella'' is in honour of
William Buckland
William Buckland Doctor of Divinity, DD, Royal Society, FRS (12 March 1784 – 14 August 1856) was an English theologian who became Dean of Westminster. He was also a geologist and paleontology, palaeontologist.
Buckland wrote the first full ...
(1784 – 1856), an English theologian who became
Dean of Westminster
The Dean of Westminster is the head of the chapter at Westminster Abbey. Due to the Abbey's status as a Royal Peculiar, the dean answers directly to the British monarch (not to the Bishop of London as ordinary, nor to the Archbishop of Canterbur ...
. He was also a geologist and
palaeontologist
Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossi ...
.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by
Heikki Roivainen in Ann. Bot. Fenn. Vol.9 on page 116 in 1972.
Species
* ''
Bucklandiella affinis
''Bucklandiella'' is a genus of moss in the family Grimmiaceae.
The genus name of ''Bucklandiella'' is in honour of William Buckland (1784 – 1856), an English theologian who became Dean of Westminster. He was also a geologist and palaeontologis ...
''
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Bucklandiella afoninae''
* ''
Bucklandiella allanfifei''
* ''
Bucklandiella brevipes''
* ''
Bucklandiella elegans''
* ''
Bucklandiella heterosticha
''Bucklandiella'' is a genus of moss in the family Grimmiaceae.
The genus name of ''Bucklandiella'' is in honour of William Buckland (1784 – 1856), an English theologian who became Dean of Westminster. He was also a geologist and palaeontologis ...
''
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Bucklandiella lawtoniae''
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Bucklandiella longtonii''
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Bucklandiella macounii''
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Bucklandiella microcarpa''
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Bucklandiella obesa
''Bucklandiella'' is a genus of moss in the family Grimmiaceae.
The genus name of ''Bucklandiella'' is in honour of William Buckland (1784 – 1856), an English theologian who became Dean of Westminster. He was also a geologist and palaeontologis ...
''
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Bucklandiella occidentalis
''Bucklandiella'' is a genus of moss in the family Grimmiaceae.
The genus name of ''Bucklandiella'' is in honour of William Buckland (1784 – 1856), an English theologian who became Dean of Westminster. He was also a geologist and palaeontologis ...
''
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Bucklandiella pacifica
''Bucklandiella'' is a genus of moss in the family Grimmiaceae.
The genus name of ''Bucklandiella'' is in honour of William Buckland (1784 – 1856), an English theologian who became Dean of Westminster. He was also a geologist and palaeontologis ...
''
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Bucklandiella sudetica
''Bucklandiella'' is a genus of moss in the family Grimmiaceae.
The genus name of ''Bucklandiella'' is in honour of William Buckland (1784 – 1856), an English theologian who became Dean of Westminster. He was also a geologist and palaeontologis ...
''
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Bucklandiella venusta
''Bucklandiella'' is a genus of moss in the family Grimmiaceae.
The genus name of ''Bucklandiella'' is in honour of William Buckland (1784 – 1856), an English theologian who became Dean of Westminster. He was also a geologist and palaeontologis ...
''
References
* Bednarek-Ochyra, H.;
Ochyra, R. 2010: Bucklandiella allanfifei (Grimmiaceae), a new moss species from New Zealand, with a note on South American B. striatipila. Journal of bryology, 32(4), pages 245–255,
* Bednarek-Ochyra, H.; Ochyra, R. 2011: Bucklandiella angustissima sp. nov. (Grimmiaceae), a new austral amphipacific species with the smallest capsules and the shortest setae in the genus. Cryptogamie bryologie, 32(1), pages 13–28
External links
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''Bucklandiella''at
The Plant List
The Plant List was a list of botanical names of species of plants created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden and launched in 2010. It was intended to be a comprehensive record of all known names of plant species ...
''Bucklandiella''at
Tropicos
Tropicos is an online botanical database containing taxonomic information on plants, mainly from the Neotropical realm (Central, and South America). It is maintained by the Missouri Botanical Garden and was established over 25 years ago. The data ...
Moss genera
Grimmiales
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