Garovaglia | |
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Spread of Garovaglia sp controlled by a crustaceous lichen in Wynaad, India, 2016 | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Bryophyta |
Class: | Bryopsida |
Subclass: | Bryidae |
Order: | Ptychomniales |
Family: | Ptychomniaceae |
Genus: | Garovaglia Endlicher, 1836[1] |
Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms | |
Several, including: Carovaglia Endl. |
Garovaglia is a genus of mosses in the family Ptychomniaceae.[2]
The genus name of Garovaglia is in honour of Santo Garovaglio (1805 - 1882), who was an Italian botanist (Mycology and Bryology), Professor of Natural History at the University of Pavia.[3]
The genus was circumscribed by Vittore Benedetto Antonio Trevisan de Saint-Léon in Caratt. Tre Nuov. Gen. Collem. Vol.1 in 1853, then in Biblioth. Lichenol. Vol.107 on page 41 in 2012 (Secondary Literature).