Mittenia

Mittenia is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) with a single species, Mittenia plumula, which is the sole representative of the family Mitteniaceae in the order Pottiales.[1][2][3]

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

It has luminescent protonema.[4][5]

References

1. Goffinet, B.; Buck, W. R.; Shaw, A. J. (2008). "Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta". In Goffinet, B.; Shaw, J. (eds.). Bryophyte Biology (2nd ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 55–138. ISBN 978-0-521-87225-6.
2. Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. "Classification of extant moss genera". Classification of the Bryophyta. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
3. "Mittenia plumula (Mitt.) Lindb". World Flora Online. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
4. Stone, Ilma G (1961). "The highly refractive protonema of Mittenia plumula (Mitt) Lindb". Proc Roy Soc Vict. 74: 119–124.
5. Stone, Ilma G (1986). "The relationship between Mittenia plumula (Mitt.) Lindb. and Schistostega pennata (Hedw.) Web. & Mohr". Journal of Bryology. 14 (2): 301–314. doi:10.1179/jbr.1986.14.2.301. Retrieved 11 May 2020.