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Wardia hygrometrica
Sign in to saveWardia is a monotypic genus of mosses in the subclass Dicranidae; it contains only the species Wardia hygrometrica, "an aquatic moss endemic to the Western Cape province of South Africa." It is the only endemic moss family in South Africa. As it is an aquatic moss, it was first classified in the Fontinalaceae (and in the order of Isobryales), but molecular studies have shown that it is more closely related to the Dicranaceae.
Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumBryophyta
- ClassBryopsida
- OrderDicranales
- FamilyDicranaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 93
- With media
- 17
- Family
- Dicranaceae
- Collections
- NY, S, MNHN, DUKE, NHMUK, MO
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Afrique Du Sud
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- Wardia hygrometrica in Hooker 1837.jpg
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- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- short name
- W. hygrometrica
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- Harv. & Hook.
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Wardia is a monotypic genus of mosses in the subclass Dicranidae; it contains only the species Wardia hygrometrica, "an aquatic moss endemic to the Western Cape province of South Africa." It is the only endemic moss family in South Africa. As it is an aquatic moss, it was first classified in the Fontinalaceae (and in the order of Isobryales), but molecular studies have shown that it is more closely related to the Dicranaceae.
The genus name of Wardia is in honour of Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward (1791–1868), who was an English doctor.The specific epithet hygrometrica refers to the hygroscopic nature of the seta (stalk).
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