Pohlia is a genus of mosses in the family Mniaceae, found on all continents including Antarctica. Some of its species are native to multiple continents. The center of diversity is the Northern Hemisphere.[2]

Pohlia
Pohlia nutans
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Bryales
Family: Mniaceae
Genus: Pohlia
Hedw.[1]
Species

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The genus name of Pohlia is in honour of Johann Ehrenfried Pohl (1746–1800), who was a German physician and botanist.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Johann Hedwig in Descriptio et Adumbratio microscopio-analytica Muscorum Frondosorum vol.1 on page 98 in 1785-1787.

Species

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Currently accepted species include:[4]

References

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  1. ^ Sp. Musc. Frond. 171. (1801)
  2. ^ Shaw, A. Jonathan (2006). "A Revision of the Moss Genus Pohlia Hedw. (Mniaceae) in Australia". Systematic Botany. 31 (2): 247–257. doi:10.1600/036364406777585694. S2CID 85078951.
  3. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  4. ^ GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. "Pohlia Hedw". gbif.org. GBIF Secretariat. Retrieved 11 July 2020.