''Kindbergia'' is a genus of
moss
Mosses are small, non-vascular plant, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic phylum, division Bryophyta (, ) ''sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Wilhelm Philippe Schimper, Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryo ...
es belonging to the family
Brachytheciaceae
Brachytheciaceae is a family of mosses from the order Hypnales. The family includes over 40 genera and 250 species.
Description
The family consists of pleurocarpous mosses with very diverse appearances. They are irregular or pinnately branche ...
.
The genus was first described by
Ryszard Ochyra
Ryszard Ochyra (born 1949) is a Polish bryologist. He has focused on moss systematics of the Southern Hemisphere, specifically in the families Amblystegiaceae, Dicranaceae, Grimmiaceae, and Seligeriaceae. Throughout his career, he has described ...
in 1982.
The genus name of ''Kindbergia'' is in honour of
Nils Conrad Kindberg
Nils Conrad Kindberg (7 August 1832 in Karlstad – 23 August 1910 in Uppsala) was a Swedish bryologist.
From 1849 he studied at Uppsala University, earning his PhD in 1857. In 1859 he worked as a teacher in Vänersborg, then from 1860 to 19 ...
(1832-1910), who was a Swedish
bryologist.
Description
Species in the genus are mat forming and grow to a medium to large size. Leaves are borne on creeping stems, and are regularly
pinnate
Pinnation (also called pennation) is the arrangement of feather-like or multi-divided features arising from both sides of a common axis. Pinnation occurs in biological morphology, in crystals, such as some forms of ice or metal crystals, and ...
.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
Species
Species adapted from
The Plant List
The Plant List was a list of botanical names of species of plants created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden and launched in 2010. It was intended to be a comprehensive record of all known names of plant specie ...
;
*''
Kindbergia africana''
*''
Kindbergia altaica''
*''
Kindbergia arbuscula''
*''
Kindbergia brittoniae''
*''
Kindbergia dumosa''
*''
Kindbergia kenyae''
*''
Kindbergia oedogonium''
*''
Kindbergia oregana''
*''
Kindbergia praelonga''
*''
Kindbergia squarrifolia''
References
Brachytheciaceae
Moss genera
Taxa named by Ryszard Ochyra
{{hypnales-stub