A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

On resurrection of the families Pseudoleskeaceae Schimp and Pylaisiaceae Schimp. (Musci, Hypnales)




AuthorsGardiner A, Ignatov M, Huttunen S, Troitsky A

PublisherINT ASSOC PLANT TAXONOMY

Publication year2005

Journal: Taxon

Journal name in sourceTAXON

Journal acronymTAXON

Volume54

Issue3

First page 651

Last page663

Number of pages13

ISSN0040-0262

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2307/25065422


Abstract
Results from our analysis of chloroplast trnL-trnF and nuclear ITS1 and ITS2 sequence data and 35 morphological characters for 134 taxa, of pleurocarpous mosses provide an evidence for resurrecting two moss families, Pseudoleskeaceae and Pylaisiaceae. Both these families were described by Schimper in 1860, but soon afterwards included in Leskeaceae and Hypnaceae, respectively, and apparently never used in the 20(th) century. However, sequence-level data analysis (chloroplast encoded trnL intron and trnL-trnF spacer, nuclear encoded ITS1 & ITS2), and combined molecular and morphological analysis demonstrate the remote position of(l) the Lescuraea-group from the main part of Leskeaceae; and (2) a group of species belonging to Pylaisia, Homomallium and Hypnum (sections others than sect. Hypnum) from Hypnum sect. Hypnum (with H. cupressiforme as the type of the genus).



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