''Pleurophascum'' is a genus of
haplolepideous 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 (
Dicranidae
The Dicranidae are a widespread and diverse subclass of mosses in class Bryopsida, with many species of dry or disturbed areas. They are distinguished by their spores; the peristome Peristome (from the Greek ''peri'', meaning 'around' or 'about', ...
) in the monotypic
family Pleurophascaceae in the order
Pottiales
Pottiales is an order of mosses in the subclass Dicranidae.
Classification
The following families are recognised in ''Bryophyte Biology'':
* Pottiaceae
* Pleurophascaceae
* Serpotortellaceae
* Mitteniaceae
Some other families are recogni ...
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Species
Three species are recognised:
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Pleurophascum grandiglobum
''Pleurophascum grandiglobum'' is a moss endemic to Tasmania, Australia, and was first noted by Sextus Otto Lindberg, S. O. Lindberg in 1875 for its peculiar form of cleistocarpous Capsule (fruit), capsule, erect growth form, lateral perichaeti ...
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Pleurophascum occidentale''
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Pleurophascum ovalifolium''
References
Moss genera
Pottiales
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