Tayloria (plant)

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Tayloria
Tayloria serrata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Superorder: Bryanae
Order: Splachnales
Family: Splachnaceae
Genus: Tayloria
Hook. [1816] [1]

Tayloria is a genus of mosses in the family Splachnaceae.[2] It comprises 45 species, divided among 6 subgenera:[2]

  • Tayloria subg. Tayloria
  • Tayloria subg. Pseudotetraplodon A.K. Kop.
  • Tayloria subg. Eremodon (Wils.) Broth.
  • Tayloria subg. Cyrtodon (R. Br.) Lindb.
  • Tayloria subg. Brachymitrion (Tayl.) Broth.
  • Tayloria subg. Orthodon (R. Br.) Broth.

References

  1. ^ Dale H. Vitt & Marshall R. Crosby (1972). "Achrophyllum – a new name for a genus of mosses" (PDF). The Bryologist. 75 (2): 174–175. doi:10.2307/3241447. JSTOR 3241447.
  2. ^ a b Paul Marino, Robert Raguso & Bernard Goffinet (2009). "The ecology and evolution of fly dispersed dung mosses (family Splachnaceae): manipulating insect behaviour through odour and visual cues". Symbiosis. 47 (2): 61–76. doi:10.1007/BF03182289. S2CID 36557683.