| Arctoa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Dicranidae |
| Order: | Dicranales |
| Family: | Dicranaceae |
| Genus: | Arctoa Bruch & Schimp. |
Arctoa is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Dicranaceae. [1] The species of the genus are found in Europe and America. [1]
The following species are recognised in the genus Arctoa: [2]
Hypnaceae is a large family of moss with broad worldwide occurrence in the class Bryopsida, subclass Bryidae and order Hypnales. Genera include Hypnum, Phyllodon, and Taxiphyllum.
Dicranaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in class Bryopsida. Species within this family are dioicous. Genera in this family include Dicranum, Dicranoloma, and Mitrobryum.
Grimmia is a genus of mosses (Bryophyta), originally named by Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart in honour of Johann Friedrich Carl Grimm, a physician and botanist from Gotha, Germany.
Amblystegiaceae is a family of mosses. It includes 20 to 30 genera with a total of up to 150 species. They occur nearly worldwide, growing in tropical, temperate, and subpolar regions.
Tortula is a genus of mosses in the family Pottiaceae.
Distichium is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the monotypic family Distichiaceae.
Timmiellaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae). It contains two genera, Luisierella and Timmiella, that were formerly place in family Pottiaceae.
Syntrichia is a large, cosmopolitan genus of mosses in the family Pottiaceae. The genus name is of Greek origin for "with" and "hair", referring to the "twisted peristome united by a basal membrane".
Arctoa blyttii is a species of moss in the family Dicranaceae. It has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Homomallium is a genus of moss belonging to the family Hypnaceae.
Rhynchostegium is a genus of pleurocarpous mosses belonging to the family Brachytheciaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution across different climatological regions except the polar regions, mostly in tropic to north temperate regions. The genus contains both aquatic and terrestrial species. The genus was named for their rostrate opercula. The type species of this genus is Rhynchostegium confertum (Dicks.) Schimp.
Oxyrrhynchium is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Brachytheciaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Tetraplodon is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Splachnaceae.
Pylaisia is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Pylaisiaceae.
Ptychostomum is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Bryaceae. It has an almost cosmopolitan distribution. It has two subgenera, Psychostomum (Ptychostomum) and Psychostomum (Cladodium).
Mnium is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Mniaceae. The species of this genus are found in Europe and North America.
Bartramiaceae is a family of mosses belonging to the order Bartramiales.
Leskeaceae is a family of mosses belonging to the order Hypnales.
Arctoa pumila is a species of moss in the family Dicranaceae. It is recorded in New Zealand, and Tasmania and Victoria in Australia. Forming tufts, it grows in alpine and sub-alpine environments. The moss Kiaeria pumila (Mitt.) Ochyra was transferred to the genus Arctoa in 2021 creating the name Arctoa pumila.
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