Mittenia is a genus 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 ...
) with a single species, ''Mittenia plumula'', which is the sole representative of the
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
Mitteniaceae.
The family was previously placed in the 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 ...
,
[ but is now placed in its own monotypic order, Mitteniales.]
References
Monotypic moss genera
Pottiales
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