Isopterygium

Isopterygium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Hypnales
Family: Hypnaceae
Genus: Isopterygium
Mitt.

Isopterygium is a genus of mosses variably placed in the families Hypnaceae and Pylaisiadelphaceae. It includes 137 species and has a cosmopolitan distribution.[1][2] It was described in 1869 by William Mitten.[3]

The first type species was I. planissimum, which was superseded by the lectotype I. tenerum in 1979.[4]

References

  1. ^ "A Synopsis of Isopterygium". The Bryophyte Nomenclator. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  2. ^ "Isopterygium Mitt". GBIF. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  3. ^ Mitten, William (1869). "Musci Austro-Americani". The Journal of the Linnean Society. 12: 497–500. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  4. ^ Iwatsuki, Zennoske; Crosby, Marshall Robert (1979). "Lectotypification of the genus Isopterygium Mitt". Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 45: 389–393. doi:10.18968/jhbl.45.0_389.