Chenia is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Pottiaceae.[1]
The genus name of Chenia is in honour of Pan Chieh Chen (1907 - 1970), a Chinese botanist (Bryology).[2]
The genus was circumscribed by Richard Henry Zander in Phytologia Vol.65 oon page 424 in 1989.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[1]
The genus contains three species:[3]
Chenia is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Pottiaceae.
The genus name of Chenia is in honour of Pan Chieh Chen (1907 - 1970), a Chinese botanist (Bryology).
The genus was circumscribed by Richard Henry Zander in Phytologia Vol.65 oon page 424 in 1989.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
The genus contains three species:
Chenia leptophylla Zander, 1993 Chenia lorentzii Zander, 1993 Chenia subobliqua Zander, 1989