Ignatov, M.S., E.A. Ignatova, I.V. Czernyadjeva, B. Goffinet, O.I. Kuznetsova &
V.E. Fedosov.. Afoninia, a new moss genus
of Funariaceae from Transbaikalia
(East Siberia, Russia)
Arctoa (2015) 24: 14-20
doi: 10.15298/arctoa.24.02
Afoninia dahurica from the Transbaikal region of the East Siberia in Russia is
described as a new species accommodated in a new genus of Funariaceae,
based on molecular phylogenetic evidence from nrITS, trnL-F and psbA-trnH, that highlights the combination of
strongly reduced double peristome with a well
developed annulus of inflated revoluble cells. The exostome teeth are tapered to the base and attached to
basal membrane with a plate that is less than one third of the cell of the endostome to which it adheres. The plant is known from few
nearby localities in a xeric area of Dahuria, growing
on soil near cliffs.