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Mesoceros  Piippo
Taxonomic Serial No.: 846473

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: accepted  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - minimum standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2017   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionAnthocerotophyta  – hornworts  
                ClassAnthocerotopsida de Bary ex Jancz.  
                   SubclassNotothylatidae R.J. Duff, J.C. Villarreal, Cargill & Renzaglia  
                      OrderNotothyladales Hyvönen & Piippo  
                         FamilyNotothyladaceae Müll. Frib. ex Prosk.  
                            SubfamilyPhaeocerotoideae Hässel  
                               GenusMesoceros Piippo  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Mesoceros mesophoros Piippo  
                                  Species Mesoceros porcatus Piippo  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Renzaglia, Karen S., Juan C. Villarreal, and R. Joel Duff / Goffinet, B., and A. J. Shaw, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2008   
  Article/Chapter Title: New insights into morphology, anatomy, and systematics of hornworts   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bryophyte Biology, Second Edition   
  Page(s): 139-171   
  Publisher: Cambridge University Press   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9780521693226   
  Notes: Hardback ISBN: 978-0-521-87225-6   
  Reference for: Mesoceros   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Söderström, Lars, Anders Hagborg, Matt von Konrat, Sharon Bartholomew-Began, David Bell, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: World Checklist of hornworts and liverworts   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: PhytoKeys, vol. 59   
  Page(s): 1-828   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1314-2003   
  Notes: doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.59.6261   
  Reference for: Mesoceros   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Listed with one star by Söderström et al. (2016), indicating there are serious doubts about this taxon, but it was nevertheless provisionally accepted pending further review  
    'Mesoceros was described from a collection that contains a mixture of both Anthoceros and Phaeoceros material.' (Söderström et al. 2016)  
 

 

    

 
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