Hi folks,
This post is for my fellow bryonerds.
I'm wondering if anyone can tell me what the most recently accepted name would be for Niphotrichum elongatum (formally Racomitrium). The Flora of North America Vol 27 uses Niphotrichum and refers to this publication for details: Ochyra, Ryszard. Census catalogue of Polish mosses. Vol. 3. Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany, 2003.
I've been assuming Niphotrichum the most widely accepted name, going by Flora of NA (2007). However, I recently found this article:
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Stech, Michael, et al. "Molecular species delimitation in the Racomitrium canescens complex (Grimmiaceae) and implications for DNA barcoding of species complexes in mosses." PLoS One 8.1 (2013): e53134
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which states that: "Morphologically distinguishable groups have been treated either at different taxonomic levels within a broadly defined genus Racomitrium, or as four separate genera [13], which led to considerable changes in species names. For example, the R. canescens species complex was treated as genus Niphotrichum [13]. First molecular phylogenetic reconstructions, however, supported a monophyletic Racomitrium clade [14], [15].
So that paper lumps Niphotrichum back into Racomitrium based on DNA.
What I'm wondering is if their is a broad consensus among bryologists to use Niphotrichum? Or are we back to grouping these species in Racomitrium? I suspect the answer won't be so clear but I thought I would put it out there.
Thanks for your help!
Lalita