''Micromitrium'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
haplolepideous 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 (
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 teeth are haplolepideous with a 4:2:3 formula, and an exostome ...
) in the monotypic
family
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Micromitriaceae .
The genus ''Micrometrium'' was previously placed in family
Pottiaceae in order
Pottiales
Pottiales is an order (biology), order of mosses in the subclass Dicranidae.
Classification
The following families are recognised in ''Bryophyte Biology'':
*Pottiaceae
*Pleurophascaceae
*Serpotortellaceae
*Mitteniaceae
Some other families ...
.
Species
The genus contains the following species:
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Micromitrium brisbanicum''
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Micromitrium lacustre''
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Micromitrium megalosporum''
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Micromitrium neocaledonicum''
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Micromitrium perexiguum''
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Micromitrium subaequinoctale''
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Micromitrium synoicum''
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Micromitrium tenerum''
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Micromitrium thelephorothecum''
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Micromitrium wrightii''
References
Moss genera
Dicranales
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