Catoscopium Explained

Catoscopium is a genus of haplolepidous mosses (Dicranidae) in the monotypic family Catoscopiaceae .^{[1] [2] [3]}

Taxonomy

The family Catoscopiaceae has traditionally been considered part order Bryales.^[1] However, phylogenetic analyses have found Catoscopium to be the earliest branching group in Dicranidae, as part of a grade of protohaplolepidous lineages.^{[3] [4]} Catoscopiaceae are not currently assigned to an order.^[2]

Species

The genus contains the following species:^[5]

• Catoscopium martianum
• Catoscopium nigritum

Notes and References

1. Book: Goffinet . B. . W. R. . Buck . A. J. . Shaw . 2008 . Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta . 55–138 . Goffinet . B. . J. . Shaw . Bryophyte Biology . 2nd . New York . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-87225-6 . https://books.google.com/books?id=te0fAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT108.
2. Web site: Goffinet . B. . W.R. . Buck . Classification of extant moss genera . Classification of the Bryophyta . 8 April 2020.
3. Inoue. Yuya. Tsubota. Hiromi. On the systematic position of the genus Timmiella (Dicranidae, Bryopsida) and its allied genera, with the description of a new family Timmiellaceae. Phytotaxa. 181. 3. 2014. 151. 1179-3163. 10.11646/phytotaxa.181.3.3. free.
4. Fedosov. Vladimir E.. Fedorova. Alina V.. Fedosov. Alexander E.. Ignatov. Michael S.. Phylogenetic inference and peristome evolution in haplolepidous mosses, focusing on Pseudoditrichaceae and Ditrichaceaes. l.. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 181. 2. 2016. 139–155. 0024-4074. 10.1111/boj.12408. free.
5. Web site: Catoscopium Brid. . . 13 April 2020.