Merrilliobryum

<i>Merrilliobryum</i>

Merrilliobryum

Genus of mosses

Merrilliobryum is a genus of moss in family Fabroniaceae.[1] The genus is found in New Guinea and the Philippines.[2]

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The genus name of Merrilliobryum is in honour of Elmer Drew Merrill (1876-1956), who was an American botanist and taxonomist.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Viktor Ferdinand Brotherus in Philipp. J. Sci., Section C vol.3 on page 25 in 1908.

Species include:[4][5]

References

  1. [1]
    Buck, William R. & Bernard Goffinet. 2000. "Morphology and classification of mosses", pages 71-123 in A. Jonathan Shaw & Bernard Goffinet (Eds.), Bryophyte Biology. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). ISBN 0-521-66097-1.
  2. [2]
    Norris, D. H., et al. (2008). Bryophyte Flora of the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea. LXXI Merrilliobryum (Myriniaceae, Musci). Annales Botanici Fennici 45(4):269-76.
  3. [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.
  4. [4]
    The Plant List.
  5. [5]
    "Merrilliobryum Broth". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 30 July 2022.


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