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Neckeropsis

Neckeropsis is a genus of plant in the family Neckeraceae.

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Neckeropsis
Neckeropsis lepineana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Hypnales
Family: Neckeraceae
Genus: Neckeropsis
Reichardt

Neckeropsis is a genus of plant in the family Neckeraceae.12

There are 23 currently accepted species in Neckeropsis.34 The type species for the genus is Neckeropsis undulata.5

Etymology

The name is derived from Neckera, its basionym, and -opsis, meaning "resembles."6

Species

The genus Neckeropsis contains the following species: 3

  • Neckeropsis amazonica (Mitt.) M. Fleisch.
  • Neckeropsis andamana (Müll. Hal.) M. Fleisch.
  • Neckeropsis beccariana (Hampe) A. Touw
  • Neckeropsis boiviniana (Müll. Hal. ex Besch.) Cardot
  • Neckeropsis boniana (Besch.) A. Touw & Ochyra
  • Neckeropsis calcicola Nog.
  • Neckeropsis calcutensis (M. Fleisch.) Enroth
  • Neckeropsis crinita (Griff.) M. Fleisch.
  • Neckeropsis cyclophylla (Müll. Hal.) S. Olsson, Enroth & D. Quandt
  • Neckeropsis darjeelingensis Gangulee
  • Neckeropsis disticha (Hedw.) Kindb. (neckeropsis moss)7
  • Neckeropsis exserta (Hook. ex Schwägr.) Broth.
  • Neckeropsis fimbriata (Harv.) M. Fleisch.
  • Neckeropsis formosica (Broth. & Yasuda) S. Olsson, Enroth, Huttunen & D. Quandt
  • Neckeropsis foveolata (Mitt.) Broth.
  • Neckeropsis gracilenta (Bosch & Sande Lac.) M. Fleisch.
  • Neckeropsis gracilis Nog.
  • Neckeropsis inundata (Broth.) Broth.
  • Neckeropsis lentula (Wilson) Herzog
  • Neckeropsis lepineana (Mont.) M. Fleisch.
  • Neckeropsis liliana (Renauld) Paris
  • Neckeropsis madecassa (Besch.) M. Fleisch.
  • Neckeropsis moutieri (Broth. & Paris) M. Fleisch.
  • Neckeropsis nanodisticha (Geh.) M. Fleisch.
  • Neckeropsis nitidula (Mitt.) M. Fleisch.
  • Neckeropsis obtusata (Mont.) M. Fleisch.
  • Neckeropsis pabstiana (Müll. Hal.) Broth.
  • Neckeropsis persplendida (Müll. Hal.) Broth. ex Sehnem
  • Neckeropsis platyantha (Müll. Hal.) Kindb.
  • Neckeropsis pocsii Enroth & Magill
  • Neckeropsis pusilla (Mitt.) Broth. ex Paris
  • Neckeropsis semperiana (Hampe) A. Touw
  • Neckeropsis spuriotruncata (Müll. Hal. ex Dusén) M. Fleisch.
  • Neckeropsis submarginata Cardot ex A. Touw
  • Neckeropsis takahashii M. Higuchi, Z. Iwats., Ochyra & X.J. Li
  • Neckeropsis touwii Ochyra
  • Neckeropsis undulata (Hedw.) Reichardt (undulate neckeropsis moss)7
  • Neckeropsis uruguensis (Müll. Hal.) Hosseus
  • Neckeropsis villae-ricae (Besch.) Broth.
References

References

  1. Goffinet, B.; Buck, W. R.; Shaw, A. J. (2008). "Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta". In Goffinet, B.; Shaw, J. (eds.). Bryophyte Biology (2nd ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 55–138. ISBN 978-0-521-87225-6.
  2. Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. (31 March 2020). "Classification of extant moss genera". Classification of the Bryophyta. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  3. "Neckeropsis Reichardt". World Flora Online. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  4. Brinda, John C.; Atwood, John J. "A Synopsis of Neckeropsis". The Bryophyte Nomenclator. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  5. Heinrich Wilh. Reichardt (1858). "Neckeropsis, eine neue Laubmoos-Gattung". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. Vol. 18. Vienna: Kaiserlich-Königliche Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft in Wien.
  6. "Neckeropsis". Flora of North America. Flora of North America Association.
  7. "Neckeropsis Reichardt". The PLANTS Database. Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA. Retrieved 3 May 2020.