Oedipodiella

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Oedipodiella australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Funariidae
Order: Funariales
Family: Gigaspermaceae
Genus: Oedipodiella
Dixon
Species: O. australis
Binomial name
Oedipodiella australis
(Wager & Dixon) Dixon

Oedipodiella is a genus of moss in the family Gigaspermaceae; it contains the single species Oedipodiella australis. This species is restricted to wooded areas of open grassland in South Africa,[1] although a variety (O. australis var. catalaunica) is reported from Spain.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Magill, Robert E. (1987). "Gigaspermaceae", Flora of Southern Africa 1 (2), 299-303. 
  2. ^ Mueller, Dale M. J.; Ann E. Rushing (1985). "Development of the Gemmae of Oedipodiella (Musci). I. Scanning Electron Microscopy and Growth in Culture". The Bryologist 88 (2): 69-73. 
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