| Drummondia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Dicranidae |
| Order: | Scouleriales |
| Family: | Drummondiaceae |
| Genus: | Drummondia Hook. |
Drummondia is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the monotypic family Drummondiaceae.[1][2]
The genus name of Drummondia is in honour of Octavio de Almeida Drummond, a Brazilian botanist and phytopathologist in agronomy.[3]
The genus was circumscribed by Augusto Chaves Batista and Heraldo da Silva Maia in 1963.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. (31 March 2020). "Classification of extant moss genera". Classification of the Bryophyta. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ 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. Retrieved January 27, 2022.