Archidium Explained

Archidium is a genus of mosses; it is the only^[1] genus in the family Archidiaceae and order Archidiales. Historically, they were considered the only genus in the subclass Archidiidae Engl.^{[2] [3]}

Classification

The genus Archidium includes 35 species (this list may be incomplete):

• Archidium acanthophyllum^[4]
• Archidium alternifolium
• Archidium andersonianum^[4]
• Archidium donnellii
• Archidium elatum, Dixon & Sainsbury
• Archidium hallii
• Archidium minus
• Archidium minutissimum^[5]
• Archidium muellerianum^[4]
• Archidium ohioense
• Archidium stellatum
• Archidium tenerrimum
• Archidium wattsii ^[6]

External links

• 10.1179/jbr.1984.13.2.153 . 13 . Archidium wattsiicomb. nov. in Australia . 1984 . Journal of Bryology . 153–157 . Stone . Ilma G.. 2 .
• 10.1179/jbr.1987.14.4.745. The development of the Archidium capsule: clarification of a misconception . 14 . 1987. Journal of Bryology. 745–751 . Stone . Ilma G.. 4 .

Notes and References

1. http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/B/Archidiaceae/ The Plant List: Archidiaceae
2. Book: Engler, Adolf . Syllabus der Vorlesungen über specielle und medicinisch-pharmaceutische Botanik. Eine Uebersicht über das gesammte Pflanzensystem mit Berücksichtigung der Medicinal- und Nutzpflanzen, . 1892 . Gebrüder Borntraeger . Berlin . 47 . DE.
3. Book: Gradstein, S. Robbert . Guide to the Bryophytes of Tropical America . Churchill . Steven P. . Salazar-Allen . Noris . . 2001 . Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 86 . 19.
4. Snider. Jerry A.. Three New Species of Archidium from Africa. The Bryologist. 78. 2. 1975. 152–159. 0007-2745. 10.2307/3242045. 3242045. JSTOR
5. Stone. I.G.. Archidium minutissimum, a new species from Queensland, Australia. Journal of Bryology. 13. 3. 2013. 353–357. 0373-6687. 10.1179/jbr.1985.13.3.353.
6. Stone. I.G.. Archidium wattsii comb. nov. in Australia. Journal of Bryology. 13. 2. 2013. 153–157. 0373-6687. 10.1179/jbr.1984.13.2.153.