| Leucodon | |
|---|---|
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| Leucodon sciuroides | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Bryidae |
| Order: | Hypnales |
| Family: | Leucodontaceae |
| Genus: | Leucodon Schwägr., 1816 |
Leucodon is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Leucodontaceae. [1]
The genus was first described by Christian Friedrich Schwägrichen in 1816. [1]
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. [2]
Tibouchina Aubl. is a neotropical flowering plant genus in Melastomataceae Juss. that contains approximately 240 species. Species of this genus are herbs, shrubs or trees and typically have purple flowers. They are native to Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America where they are found as far south as northern Argentina. Members of this genus are known as glory bushes, glory trees or princess flowers. The name Tibouchina is adapted from a Guianan indigenous name for a member of this genus [2]. A recent systematic study has shown that this genus is paraphyletic.
The lesser mole-rat is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae found in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Israel, Turkey, Iran and Ukraine. There have been suggestions that its taxonomic position should change in the light of new scientific information. Modern authors tend to separate this and some closely related mole rat species from other Spalax species by classifying them into a separate genus named Nannospalax. A cariological study showed that Nannospalax leucodon is a superspecies consisting of several cariologically distinct cryptic species. According to this definition there are four separate cariological forms in the Carpathian Basin, one of them endangered and another one vulnerable while insufficient data are available to evaluate the conservation status of the other two forms. One study directed towards life expectancy, used this species by virtue of its incredible longevity performance, hypoxia and hypercapnia endurance, as well as cancer resistance. Looking at the fecal and skin samples of this ideal candidate, it was found that the Muribaculaceae bacterial family, known to be linked with longevity, was dominating in fecal samples.
Scapania is a genus of plant in Scapaniaceae, a family of liverworts. It contains the following species :
Bryales is an order of mosses.
Bryaceae is a family of mosses.
Lyncina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Psoralidium tenuiflorum, the slimflower scurfpea, is a perennial in the pea family. It is about 2–3 feet (0.6–0.9 m) tall and has a lot of leaves on top. Its leaves can reach a length of 3 inches (80 mm). This flower can be found mainly in the central and southwestern U.S.
Pleuranthodium is a genus of plants in the ginger family. Of the 23 known species, 21 are endemic to New Guinea, one to Queensland and one to the Bismarck Archipelago.
Suksdorfia is a genus in the family Saxifragaceae. There are only two accepted species: Suksdorfia ranunculifolia and Suksdorfia violacea. Asa Gray named the genus Suksdorfia after Wilhelm Nikolaus Suksdorf, a mostly self-taught German botanist who came to the United States at age eight and found the species S. violacea in the northwestern United States. S. violacea is the type species for this genus.
Bartramiales is an order of moss.
Palola is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Eunicidae.
Aulacomnium is a genus of mosses of the family Aulacomniaceae, with a circumpolar distribution.
Flexitrichum is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the family Flexitrichaceae.
Leucodon sciuroides is a species of mosses belonging to the family Leucodontaceae.
Jungermannia is a genus of leafy liverworts belonging to the family Jungermanniaceae.
Hypnum is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Hypnaceae.
Racopilum is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Racopilaceae.
Pterogonium is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Leucodontaceae.
Anoectangium is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Pottiaceae.