Merrilliobryum Explained

Merrilliobryum is a genus of moss in family Fabroniaceae.^[1] The genus is found in New Guinea and the Philippines.^[2]

The genus name of Merrilliobryum is in honour of Elmer Drew Merrill (1876-1956), who was an American botanist and taxonomist.^[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Viktor Ferdinand Brotherus in Philipp. J. Sci., Section C vol.3 on page 25 in 1908.

Species include:^{[4] [5]}

• Merrilliobryum fabronioides Broth.
• Merrilliobryum tanianum

References

1. Buck, William R. & Bernard Goffinet. 2000. "Morphology and classification of mosses", pages 71-123 in A. Jonathan Shaw & Bernard Goffinet (Eds.), Bryophyte Biology. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). .
2. Norris, D. H., et al. (2008). Bryophyte Flora of the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea. LXXI Merrilliobryum (Myriniaceae, Musci). Annales Botanici Fennici 45(4):269-76.
3. 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.
4. http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/B/Fabroniaceae/Merrilliobryum/ The Plant List.
5. Web site: Merrilliobryum Broth. . www.gbif.org . 30 July 2022 . en.