Group: Moss Rank: genus

Authors:

Britton, Elizabeth Gertrude

Published In: Professional Papers, United States Geological Survey 140: 24. 1926. (Profess. Pap. U.S. Geol. Surv.)
Annotation: Melbourne Code Art. 62.4: Generic names ending -ites are treated as masculine, irrespective of the gender assigned to them by the original author.
Type Specimens

• T: Polytrichites spokanensis E. Britton.

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist System    details

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Bryidae Engl.
• family:  Polytrichaceae Schwägr.

Keywords: 11, MOSS