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Mittenia plumula
Sign in to saveMittenia is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) with a single species, Mittenia plumula, which is the sole representative of the family Mitteniaceae. The family was previously placed in the order Pottiales, but is now placed in its own monotypic order, Mitteniales.
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It is catalogued under topics including Monotypic moss genera, Pottiales and Taxonbars with from2 matching article title.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 184
- With media
- 49
- Family
- Mitteniaceae
- Collections
- MEL
- Recorded in
- Australia, New Zealand
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Mittenia is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) with a single species, Mittenia plumula, which is the sole representative of the family Mitteniaceae. The family was previously placed in the order Pottiales, but is now placed in its own monotypic order, Mitteniales.
It has luminescent protonema.
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