Genus Dicranum (Noun)
Meaning
Type genus of Dicranaceae.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Dicranum, the genus Dicranum, is a cosmopolitan group of mosses that serves as the type genus of Dicranaceae, a family more commonly known as the Dicranaceae mosses or Fork-mosses.
- The genus Dicranum has several tens of species that belong to the family and order where Dicranaceae mosses and genus Dicranum can be commonly identified.
- Dicranum, as a type genus for Dicranaceae, consists of several small, soft plants commonly referred to as Fork-mosses or Dicranaceae, with species found in many diverse habitats on the planet.
- A member genus of the Bryidae suborder, Dicranum is identified as a single representative that acts as a type of genus that is the core classification basis for specific family groups and Dicranaceae.
- In order to diagnose species accurately within the Dicranaceae family classification, the Dicranum genus must serve as the core basis point when initially characterizing a particular set of classification characteristics for ordering and classification.