Chenia: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Bryophyta
- Class
- Bryopsida
- Order
- Pottiales
- Family
- Pottiaceae
- Genus
- Chenia
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Chenia
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Chenia (plant)
Chenia is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Pottiaceae.
The genus name of Chenia is in honour of Pan Chieh Chen (1907 - 1970), a Chinese botanist (Bryology).
The genus was circumscribed by Richard Henry Zander in Phytologia Vol.65 oon page 424 in 1989.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
The genus contains three species:
- Chenia leptophylla Zander, 1993
- Chenia lorentzii Zander, 1993
- Chenia subobliqua Zander, 1989
Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Acaulon
- Acaulonopsis
- Algaria
- Aloina
- Aloinella
- Anoectangium
- Aschisma
- Astomum
- Barbula
- Bellibarbula
- Bryoceuthospora
- Bryoerythrophyllum
- Calymperastrum
- Calyptopogon
- Chenia
- Chionoloma
- Cinclidotus
- Crossidium
- Crumia
- Dialytrichia
- Didymodon
- Ephemerum
- Eucladium
- Geheebia
- Globulinella
- Gymnobarbula
- Gymnostomiella
- Gymnostomum
- Gyroweisia
- Hennediella
- Hilpertia
- Husnotiella
- Hydrogonium
- Hymenostomum
- Hymenostylium
- Hyophila
- Hyophiladelphus
- Hyophilopsis
- Hypodontium
- Leptobarbula
- Leptodontium
- Ludorugbya
- Luisierella
- Microbryum
- Molendoa
- Morinia
- Neohyophila
- Neophoenix
- Ozobryum
- Phascopsis
- Picobryum
- Plaubelia
- Pleurochaete
- Pottia
- Pottiopsis
- Prionidium
- Pseudocrossidium
- Pseudosymblepharis
- Pterygoneurum
- Rhamphidium
- Rhexophyllum
- Sagenotortula
- Sarconeurum
- Scopelophila
- Splachnobryum
- Stegonia
- Streblotrichum
- Streptocalypta
- Streptopogon
- Syntrichia
- Tetracoscinodon
- Tetrapterum
- Timmiella
- Tortella
- Tortula
- Trachycarpidium
- Trichostomopsis
- Trichostomum
- Triquetrella
- Tuerckheimia
- Uleobryum
- Vinealobryum
- Vrolijkheidia
- Weisiopsis
- Weissia
- Weissiodicranum
- Willia
- Zanderella