''Catagonium complanatum'' is a species of moss from the genus ''
Catagonium
''Catagonium'' is a genus of moss belonging to the family Catagoniaceae. It has a all over the world, especially in the Tropical Region.
Species
There are 9 species:
* '' Catagonium brevicaudatum''
* '' Catagonium complanatum''
* '' Catag ...
''. It has discovered by
Jules Cardot
Jules Cardot (18 August 1860 – 22 November 1934) was a French botanist and bryologist considered in his time one of the world's leading experts on the mosses of Antarctica.
He was the son-in-law of botanist Louis Piré.
His collection of he ...
and
Viktor Ferdinand Brotherus
Viktor Ferdinand Brotherus (28 October 1849 – 9 February 1929) was a Finnish botanist who studied the mosses (Bryophyta). He is best known for authoring the treatment of 'Musci' in Engler and Prantl's '' Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien''.
...
in 1925.
Before the name ''Catagonium complanatum'', it had a basionym named ''Calliergonella complanata'' by Cardot & Broth.
References
Catagoniaceae
Plants described in 1925
Taxa named by Jules Cardot
Taxa named by Viktor Ferdinand Brotherus
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