• Source: Catoscopium
  • Catoscopium is a genus of haplolepidous mosses (Dicranidae) in the monotypic family Catoscopiaceae .


    Taxonomy


    The family Catoscopiaceae has traditionally been considered part order Bryales. However, phylogenetic analyses have found Catoscopium to be the earliest branching group in Dicranidae, as part of a grade of protohaplolepidous lineages. Catoscopiaceae is placed in the monotypic order Catoscopiales.


    Species


    The genus contains the following species:

    Catoscopium martianum (Hoppe & Hornsch.) Huebener
    Catoscopium nigritum (Hedw.) Brid.


    References

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