Bucklandiella is a genus of moss in the family Grimmiaceae.

Bucklandiella
Bucklandiella affinis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Grimmiales
Family: Grimmiaceae
Genus: Bucklandiella
Roiv.
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The genus name of Bucklandiella is in honour of William Buckland (1784 – 1856), an English theologian who became Dean of Westminster. He was also a geologist and palaeontologist.[1]

The genus was circumscribed by Heikki Roivainen in Ann. Bot. Fenn. Vol.9 on page 116 in 1972.

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References

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  1. ^ 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. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  • Bednarek-Ochyra, H.; Ochyra, R. 2010: Bucklandiella allanfifei (Grimmiaceae), a new moss species from New Zealand, with a note on South American B. striatipila. Journal of bryology, 32(4), pages 245–255, doi:10.1179/037366810X12814321877381
  • Bednarek-Ochyra, H.; Ochyra, R. 2011: Bucklandiella angustissima sp. nov. (Grimmiaceae), a new austral amphipacific species with the smallest capsules and the shortest setae in the genus. Cryptogamie bryologie, 32(1), pages 13–28
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