''Gyroweisia'' is a genus of
mosses
Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) ''sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise liverworts, mosses, and horn ...
belonging to the family
Pottiaceae
The Pottiaceae are a Family (biology), family of mosses. They form the most numerous moss family known, containing nearly 1500 species or more than 10% of the 10,000 to 15,000 moss species known.
Genera
The family has four subfamilies and 83 gen ...
.
The genus was first described by
Wilhelm Philippe Schimper
Wilhelm Philippe Schimper (January 12, 1808 – March 20, 1880, in Lichtenberg) was an Alsatian botanist with French, later German citizenship. He was born in Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel, but spent his youth in Offwiller, a village at the foot of the ...
.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
.
The genus contains seven species:
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Gyroweisia barbulacea
''Gyroweisia'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Pottiaceae.
The genus was first described by Wilhelm Philippe Schimper.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
The genus contains seven species:
*''Gyroweisia barbulacea''
*''Gyro ...
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Gyroweisia monterreia''
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Gyroweisia reflexa
''Gyroweisia'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Pottiaceae.
The genus was first described by Wilhelm Philippe Schimper.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
The genus contains seven species:
*''Gyroweisia barbulacea
''Gyrow ...
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Gyroweisia rohlfsiana''
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Gyroweisia shansiensis''
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Gyroweisia tenuis''
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Gyroweisia yuennanensis''
References
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Pottiaceae
Moss genera