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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Bryidae |
| Order: | Hypnales |
| Family: | Brachytheciaceae |
| Genus: | Kindbergia Ochyra |
Kindbergia is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Brachytheciaceae.
The genus was first described by Ryszard Ochyra in 1982.
The genus name of Kindbergia is in honour of Nils Conrad Kindberg (1832-1910), who was a Swedish bryologist.
Description
Species in the genus are mat forming and grow to a medium to large size. Leaves are borne on creeping stems, and are regularly pinnate.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
Species adapted from The Plant List;
- Kindbergia africana (Herzog) Ochyra
- Kindbergia altaica (Ignatov) Ignatov & Huttunen
- Kindbergia arbuscula (Broth.) Ochyra
- Kindbergia brittoniae (Grout) Ochyra
- Kindbergia dumosa (Mitt.) Ignatov & Huttunen
- Kindbergia kenyae (Tosco & Piovano) O'Shea & Ochyra
- Kindbergia oedogonium (Müll. Hal.) Ochyra
- Kindbergia oregana (Sull.) Ochyra
- Kindbergia praelonga (Hedw.) Ochyra
- Kindbergia squarrifolia (Broth. ex Iisiba) Ignatov & Huttunen
References
- ^ "Kindbergia Ochyra". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- 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. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- "Kindbergia in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- "Kindbergia — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
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