Luisierella Explained

Luisierella is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Timmiellaceae.^[1]

It was in the family Pottiaceae but due to molecular phylogenetic analysis in 2014, it was placed in Timmiellaceae.^[2]

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution, found in the United States, Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America and in Asia.^[3]

Species;

• Luisierella barbula
• Luisierella pusilla
• Luisierella stenocarpa

The genus name of Luisierella is in honour of Alphonse Luisier (1872-1957), (Swiss born) Portuguese clergyman and botanist (Bryology).^[4]

The genus was circumscribed by Marie Hypolite Irénée Thériot and Robert André Léopold Potier de la Varde in Bull. Soc. Bot. France vol.83 on page 73 in 1936.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Luisierella Thér. & P.de la Varde . www.gbif.org . 12 July 2022 . en.
2. 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 . 3 October 2014 . 181 . 3.
3. Web site: Luisierella in Flora of North America @ efloras.org . www.efloras.org . 12 July 2022.
4. 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 . January 27, 2022.