Ambuchanania

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Ambuchanania
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Sphagnopsida
Subclass: Sphagnidae
Order: Ambuchananiales
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Family: Ambuchananiaceae
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Genus: Ambuchanania
Seppelt & H.A. Crum, 1990
Species: A. leucobryoides
Binomial name
Ambuchanania leucobryoides
Synonyms

Sphagnum leucobryoides

Ambuchanania leucobryoides is the only species of genus Ambuchanania. It is a Sphagnum-like moss endemic to Tasmania. Originally described as a species of Sphagnum, it is now a separate genus on the basis of both unusual morphology and genetic differences.

[edit] References

  • Shaw, A. Jonathan, 2000. "Phylogeny of the Sphagnopsida Based on Chloroplast and Nuclear DNA Sequences" [1], The Bryologist 103 (2): 277-306.
  • Shaw, A. Jonathan, Cymon J. Cox & Sandra B. Boles, 2003. "Polarity of peatmoss (Sphagnum) evolution: who says bryophytes have no roots?" [2], American Journal of Botany 90: 1777-1787
  • Yamaguchi, T., Seppelt R.D., Iwatsuki, Z. & Buchanan, A.M., 1990. "Sphagnum (sect. Buchanania) leucobryoides sect. et sp. nov. from Tasmania" [3], Journal of Bryology 16: 45-54.
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