Drummondia

Drummondia is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the monotypic family Drummondiaceae.[1][2]

Drummondia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Scouleriales
Family: Drummondiaceae
Genus: Drummondia
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The genus name of Drummondia is in honour of Octavio de Almeida Drummond (1912 - 2001), who was a Brasilian botanist (Mycology) and phytopathologist in Agronomy.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Augusto Chaves Batista and Heraldo da Silva Maia in Publ. Inst. Mic. Univ. Recife Vol.224 on page 4 in 1963.

References
  1. Goffinet, B.; Buck, W. R.; Shaw, A. J. (2008). "Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta". In Goffinet, B.; Shaw, J. (eds.). Bryophyte Biology (2nd ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 55–138. ISBN 978-0-521-87225-6.
  2. Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. (31 March 2020). "Classification of extant moss genera". Classification of the Bryophyta. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.


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