Neosharpiella Explained

Neosharpiella is a genus of moss containing two species in the family Bartramiaceae.^{[1] [2]} The type species, Neosharpiella aztecorum, grows in alpine regions of central Mexico, while the other species, Neosharpiella turgida, has been found in Bolivia and Ecuador.

The genus was circumscribed by Harold Ernest Robinson and Claudio Delgadillo Moya in Bryologist vol.76 (4) on page 537 in 1973.

The genus name of Neosharpiella is in honour of Aaron John Sharp (1904–1997), known professionally as Jack Sharp, who was an American botanist and bryologist, considered an expert on mosses.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Goffinet, B. . W. R. Buck . A. J. Shaw . 2008 . Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta . 55–138 . Bernard Goffinet . A. Jonathan Shaw. Bryophyte Biology . 2nd . Cambridge . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-87225-6 .
2. Goffinet . Bernard . William R. Buck . 2004 . Systematics of the Bryophyta (Mosses): From molecules to a revised classification . Molecular Systematics of Bryophytes . Monographs in Systematic Botany . 98 . 205–239 . Missouri Botanical Garden Press . 1-930723-38-5 .
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.