Camptochaete is a genus of mosses found in Australasia. The genus was described in 1870 by Heinrich Wilhelm Reichardt (1835–1885). The name, from Greek kamptos, meaning bent, altered, and chaite, meaning hair, bristle, likely refers to the curved seta.[1]

Camptochaete
Camptochaete deflexa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Hypnales
Family: Lembophyllaceae
Genus: Camptochaete
Reichardt, 1870
Species

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Species include:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Meagher, David (2011). "An etymology of Australian bryophyte genera. 2 — Mosses" (PDF). Muelleria. 29 (1): 33–61.
  2. ^ "Camptochaete". bie.ala.org.au. Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 2018-10-28.