Garovaglia
| Garovaglia | |
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| Spread of Garovaglia sp controlled by a crustaceous lichen in Wynaad, India, 2016 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Bryidae |
| Order: | Ptychomniales |
| Family: | Ptychomniaceae |
| Genus: | Garovaglia Endlicher, 1836 |
| Species | |
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See text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Several, including: Carovaglia Endl. | |
Garovaglia is a genus of mosses in the family Ptychomniaceae.
The genus name of Garovaglia is in honour of Santo Garovaglio (1805 - 1882), who was an Italian botanist (Mycology and Bryology), Professor of Natural History at the University of Pavia.
The genus was circumscribed by Vittore Benedetto Antonio Trevisan de Saint-Léon in Caratt. Tre Nuov. Gen. Collem. Vol.1 in 1853, then in Biblioth. Lichenol. Vol.107 on page 41 in 2012 (Secondary Literature).