Oedipodiella
Appearance
Oedipodiella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Bryophyta |
Class: | Bryopsida |
Order: | Gigaspermales |
Family: | Gigaspermaceae |
Genus: | Oedipodiella Dixon |
Species: | O. australis
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Binomial name | |
Oedipodiella australis (Wager & Dixon) Dixon
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Oedipodiella is a genus of moss in the family Gigaspermaceae; it contains the single species Oedipodiella australis. This species is restricted to wooded areas of open grassland in South Africa,[1] although a variety (O. australis var. catalaunica) is reported from Spain.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Magill, Robert E. (1987). "Gigaspermaceae". Flora of Southern Africa. Vol. 1. pp. 299–303.
- ^ Mueller, Dale M. J.; Rushing, Ann E. (1985). "Development of the Gemmae of Oedipodiella (Musci). I. Scanning Electron Microscopy and Growth in Culture". The Bryologist. 88 (2): 69–73. doi:10.2307/3242583. JSTOR 3242583.