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Genus of mosses

Luisierella
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Distichiales
Family: Timmiellaceae
Genus: Luisierella
Thér. & P.de la Varde

Luisierella is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Timmiellaceae.

It was in the family Pottiaceae but due to molecular phylogenetic analysis in 2014, it was placed in Timmiellaceae.

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution, found in the United States, Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America and in Asia.

Species;

The genus name of Luisierella is in honour of Alphonse Luisier (1872-1957), (Swiss born) Portuguese clergyman and botanist (Bryology).

The genus was circumscribed by Marie Hypolite Irénée Thériot and Robert André Léopold Potier de la Varde in Bull. Soc. Bot. France vol.83 on page 73 in 1936.

References

  1. ^ "Luisierella Thér. & P.de la Varde". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  2. Inoue, Yuya; Tsubota, Hiromi (3 October 2014). "On the systematic position of the genus Timmiella (Dicranidae, Bryopsida) and its allied genera, with the description of a new family Timmiellaceae". Phytotaxa. 181 (3).
  3. ^ "Luisierella in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
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