Flatbergiaceae

Flatbergiaceae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Sphagnopsida
Order: Sphagnales
Family: Flatbergiaceae
A.J. Shaw
Genera

Flatbergiaceae is a family of mosses in the order Sphagnales with a single extant genus, Flatbergium.[1]

In addition, an extinct genus, Dollyphyton, based on a fossil from the Middle Ordovician, has been proposed to belong to this family,.[2] However, the interpretation of such fossils as putative plants has been questioned.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. "Classification of extant moss genera". Classification of the Bryophyta. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  2. ^ Retallack, G.J. (2019). "Ordovician land plants and fungi from Douglas Dam, Tennessee". The Palaeobotanist. 68: 1–33. doi:10.54991/jop.2019.43.
  3. ^ Edwards, Dianne; Morris, Jennifer L.; Axe, Lindsey; Duckett, Jeffrey G.; Pressel, Silvia; Kenrick, Paul (2022). "Piecing together the eophytes – a new group of ancient plants containing cryptospores". New Phytologist. 233 (3): 1440–1455. doi:10.1111/nph.17703. ISSN 0028-646X. PMID 34806774. S2CID 244495761.
  4. ^ Wellman, Charles H.; Cascales-Miñana, Borja; Servais, Thomas (2023). "Terrestrialization in the Ordovician". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 532 (1): 171–190. doi:10.1144/SP532-2022-92. ISSN 0305-8719. S2CID 253011815.


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