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Sematophyllum
Sign in to saveSematophyllum is the type genus of the family Sematophyllaceae. It contains about 170 species. Sematophyllum was described by William Mitten in 1864.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,760
- With media
- 748
- Family
- Sematophyllaceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, FLAS, TENN, IE-UNAM, LSU, MEL
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Venezuela, India, Colombia, Peru, Australia, Japan, Costa Rica
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Sematophyllaceae
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- taxon name
- Sematophyllum
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- 锦藓属
- topic's main category
- Category:Sematophyllum
- Commons category
- Sematophyllum
- taxonomic type
- Sematophyllum demissum
- taxon author citation
- Mitt.
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Morphology
- Range
- Position within the family
- References
Sematophyllum is the type genus of the family Sematophyllaceae. It contains about 170 species. Sematophyllum was described by William Mitten in 1864.
Sematophyllum demissum was designated as the type species by Max Fleischer in 1923.
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