Amblytropis
{{Short description|Genus of mosses}}
{{about|the moss genus|the former legume genus, Amblytropis Kitag.|Gueldenstaedtia}}
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Amblytropis is a genus of moss in family Callicostaceae.{{cite book |last1=Goffinet |first1=B. |first2=W. R. |last2=Buck |first3=A. J. |last3=Shaw |year=2008 |chapter=Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta |pages=55–138 |editor-last1=Goffinet |editor-first1=B. |editor-first2=J. |editor-last2=Shaw |title=Bryophyte Biology |edition=2nd |location=New York |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-87225-6 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=te0fAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT108}}{{cite web |last1=Goffinet |first1=B. |first2=W.R. |last2=Buck |title=Classification of extant moss genera |website=Classification of the Bryophyta |date=31 March 2020 |url=http://bryology.uconn.edu/classification/#BRYIDAE |access-date=1 May 2020}}
Etymology
The genus name is from the Greek amblys "blunt", "obtuse" and tropis "ship, keel", referring to the petals.{{cite book |last=Quattrocci |first=Umberto |date=1947 |title=CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A68qyOyhOdkC&pg=PA113 |location= |publisher=Library of Congress |volume=1 (A-C) |page=113 |isbn=0-8493-2675-3}}
Species
The genus Amblytropis contains the following species:{{cite web |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/B/Daltoniaceae/Amblytropis/ |title=The Plant List entry for Amblytropis |date=2013 |website=The Plant List |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden |accessdate=13 February 2017}}
- Amblytropis gemmacea (Mitt.) Broth.
- Amblytropis hispidula (Mitt.) Broth.
- Amblytropis ovata (Mitt.) Broth.
- Amblytropis setosa (Mitt.) Broth.