Gemmabryum is a species of moss in the family Bryaceae.[1] It was separated from the genera Bryum and Brachymenium in 2005. It has been argued that the correct name for the genus is Osculatia.

Gemmabryum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Bryales
Family: Bryaceae
Genus: Gemmabryum
J.R. Spence & H.P. Ramsay[1]
Species

See text.

Taxonomy edit

The genus Gemmabryum was first described by J. R. Spence and H. P. Ramsay in 2005. Species previously placed in three sections of the genus Bryum and one section of the genus Brachymenium were transferred to the new genus,[2] which is accepted by the World Flora Online database as of March 2024.[1] Other sources retain the genus Bryum.[3] In 2018, it was argued that the genus name Osculatia De Not. had priority for this segregate of Bryum and Brachymenium.[4]

Species edit

As of March 2024, World Flora Online accepted the following species:[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Gemmabryum J.R. Spence & H.P. Ramsay", World Flora Online, retrieved 2024-04-07
  2. ^ Spence, J.R. & Ramsay, H.P. (2005), "New genera and combinations in the Bryaceae (Bryales, Musci) for Australia", Phytologia, 87 (2): 61–72, retrieved 2024-04-07
  3. ^ "Gemmabryum J.R.Spence & H.P.Ramsay", New Zealand Organisms Register, retrieved 2024-04-07
  4. ^ Ochyra, Ryszard; Plášek, Vítězslav & Bednarek-Ochyra, Halina (2018), "Osculatia – an earlier name for a segregate of Bryum (Bryaceae, Bryophyta)", Acta Musei Silesiae, Scientiae Naturales, 67 (1), doi:10.2478/cszma-2018-0006