Bruchia (plant)
| Bruchia | |
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| Bruchia flexuosa - This small moss was photographed on soil near a trail in Middletown Trailside County Park, Lake County, California. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Dicranidae |
| Order: | Dicranales |
| Family: | Bruchiaceae |
| Genus: | Bruchia Schwägrichen, 1824 |
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Bruchia is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the family Bruchiaceae.
The genus name of Bruchia is in honour of Philipp Bruch (1781–1847), a German pharmacist and bryologist born in Zweibrücken.
The genus was circumscribed by Christian Friedrich Schwägrichen in Sp. Musc. Suppl. Vol.2 (Issue 1) on page 91 in 1824.
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