Chenia (plant)

Chenia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Pottiales
Family: Pottiaceae
Genus: Chenia
R.H.Zander

Chenia is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Pottiaceae.[1]

The genus name of Chenia is in honour of Pan Chieh Chen (1907 - 1970), a Chinese botanist (Bryology).[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Richard Henry Zander in Phytologia Vol.65 oon page 424 in 1989.

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

The genus contains three species:[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Chenia R.H.Zander". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  3. ^ "Chenia". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 24 July 2021.