Mittenia

Mittenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Mitteniales
Family: Mitteniaceae
Broth.
Genus: Mittenia
Lindb.
Species:
M. plumula
Binomial name
Mittenia plumula
(Mitt.) Lindb.

Mittenia is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) with a single species, Mittenia plumula, which is the sole representative of the family Mitteniaceae. The family was previously placed in the order Pottiales, but is now placed in its own monotypic order, Mitteniales.

It has luminescent protonema.

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