Bruchia (plant) explained

Bruchia is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the family Bruchiaceae.

The genus name of Bruchia is in honour of Philipp Bruch (1781–1847), a German pharmacist and bryologist born in Zweibrücken.^[1]

The genus was circumscribed by Christian Friedrich Schwägrichen in Sp. Musc. Suppl. Vol.2 (Issue 1) on page 91 in 1824.

Species

• Bruchia aurea
• Bruchia bolanderi
• Bruchia brevifolia
• Bruchia brevipes
• Bruchia carinata
• Bruchia carolinae
• Bruchia drummondii
• Bruchia eckloniana
• Bruchia elegans
• Bruchia flexuosa
• Bruchia fusca

• Bruchia hallii
• Bruchia hampeana
• Bruchia microspora
• Bruchia paricutinensis
• Bruchia queenslandica
• Bruchia ravenelii
• Bruchia sinensis
• Bruchia texana
• Bruchia uruguensis
• Bruchia vogesiaca

Notes and References

1. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . 246307410 . January 27, 2022.