''Herzogiella'' is a genus of
moss
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 hor ...
es belonging to the family
Hypnaceae.
The genus name of ''Herzogiella'' is in honour of
Theodor Carl Julius Herzog Theodor Carl (Karl) Julius Herzog (7 July 1880, Freiburg im Breisgau – 6 May 1961, Jena) was a German bryologist and phytogeographer. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation when citing a botanical name.
Biography
He studied ...
(1880– 1961), who was a German
bryologist and
phytogeographer
Phytogeography (from Greek φυτόν, ''phytón'' = "plant" and γεωγραφία, ''geographía'' = "geography" meaning also distribution) or botanical geography is the branch of biogeography that is concerned with the geographic distribution o ...
.
The genus was
circumscribed
In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius.
Not every polyg ...
by
Viktor Ferdinand Brotherus
Viktor Ferdinand Brotherus (28 October 1849 – 9 February 1929), Finnish botanist who studied the mosses (Bryophyta), best known for authoring the treatment of 'Musci' in Adolf Engler, Engler and Karl Anton Eugen Prantl, Prantl's ''Die Natürlic ...
in Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed.2, vol.11 on page 466 in 1925.
The genus has almost
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 ...
.
Species:
* ''
Herzogiella adscendens
''Herzogiella'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Hypnaceae.
The genus name of ''Herzogiella'' is in honour of Theodor Carl Julius Herzog (1880– 1961), who was a German bryologist and phytogeographer.
The genus was circumscribed b ...
''
Iwatsuki & W.B.Schofield, 1973
* ''
Herzogiella boliviana
''Herzogiella'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Hypnaceae.
The genus name of ''Herzogiella'' is in honour of Theodor Carl Julius Herzog (1880– 1961), who was a German bryologist and phytogeographer.
The genus was circumscribed b ...
''
Fleischer, 1925
* ''
Herzogiella cylindricarpa
''Herzogiella'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Hypnaceae.
The genus name of ''Herzogiella'' is in honour of Theodor Carl Julius Herzog (1880– 1961), who was a German bryologist and phytogeographer.
The genus was circumscribed b ...
''
(Cardot) Z. Iwats.
* ''
Herzogiella letestui
''Herzogiella'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Hypnaceae.
The genus name of ''Herzogiella'' is in honour of Theodor Carl Julius Herzog (1880– 1961), who was a German bryologist and phytogeographer.
The genus was circumscribed b ...
''
(Dixon & P. de la Varde) Ando
* ''
Herzogiella perrobusta
''Herzogiella'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Hypnaceae.
The genus name of ''Herzogiella'' is in honour of Theodor Carl Julius Herzog (1880– 1961), who was a German bryologist and phytogeographer.
The genus was circumscribed b ...
''
(Broth.) Z. Iwats.
* ''
Herzogiella renitens''
(Mitt.) Z. Iwats.
* ''
Herzogiella seligeri
''Herzogiella'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Hypnaceae.
The genus name of ''Herzogiella'' is in honour of Theodor Carl Julius Herzog (1880– 1961), who was a German bryologist and phytogeographer.
The genus was circumscribed ...
''
(Brid.) Z. Iwats.
* ''
Herzogiella striatella
''Herzogiella'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Hypnaceae.
The genus name of ''Herzogiella'' is in honour of Theodor Carl Julius Herzog (1880– 1961), who was a German bryologist and phytogeographer.
The genus was circumscribed b ...
''
(Brid.) Z. Iwats.
* ''
Herzogiella turfacea''
(Lindb.) Z. Iwats.
References
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Hypnaceae
Moss genera