Pleurophascum
Genus of haplolepideous mosses
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Pleurophascum is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the monotypic family Pleurophascaceae.[1][2] The family was previously place in the order Pottiales,[2] but is not place in its own monotypic order, Pleurophascales.[3]
| Pleurophascum | |
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| Pleurophascum grandiglobum, growing on the subalpine buttongrass moorlands along Gelignite creek, Scotts Peak Dam Road | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Dicranidae |
| Order: | Pleurophascales |
| Family: | Pleurophascaceae Broth. |
| Genus: | Pleurophascum Lindb. |
| Species | |
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3 species (see text) | |
Species
Three species are recognised:[4]
- Pleurophascum grandiglobum Lindb.
- Pleurophascum occidentale R.E. Wyatt & A.H. Stoneb.
- Pleurophascum ovalifolium Fife & Dalton
