''Sanionia'' 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
Scorpidiaceae.
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 ...
,
and was
circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle.
* Circum ...
by
Leopold Loeske
Leopold Loeske (24 October 1865, Hohensalza – 29 March 1935, Bad Harzburg) was a German watchmaker and amateur bryologist.
A skilled watchmaker, he was self-taught as a bryologist, collecting moss specimens in Germany, Switzerland and the ...
in Verh. Bot. Vereins. Prov. Brandenburg vol.49 on page 63 in 1907.
The genus is named after
Karl Gustav Sanio (1832–1891).
Species
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Sanionia georgicouncinata
''Sanionia'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Scorpidiaceae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution, and was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by Leopold Loeske in Verh. Bot. Vereins. Prov. Brandenburg vol.49 on page 63 in 1 ...
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Sanionia nivalis''
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Sanionia orthothecioides''
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Sanionia symmetrica''
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Sanionia uncinata''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q12334533
Amblystegiaceae
Moss genera