Plagiomnium

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Plagiomnium
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Plagiomnium insigne
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Bryales
Family: Mniaceae
Genus: Plagiomnium
T. J. Koponen

Plagiomnium is a genus of mosses in the family Mniaceae. [1] It was formerly a part of a more encompassing genus Mnium and in 1968 Finnish bryologist Timo Juhani Koponen justified splitting the genus into a number of smaller genera. [2]

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Description

This genus is characterized by singly placed marginal teeth. [3] [4]

Plagiomnium are commonly found along shaded stream banks, seeps and springs, generally on soil with a high humus content.

Species

Four-toed salamander on unknown Plagiomnium moss Hemidactylium scutatum.jpg
Four-toed salamander on unknown Plagiomnium moss

The genus Plagiomnium contains the following species: [5]

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References

  1. "Plagiomnium". The Plant List. 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  2. "Plagiomnium T. Koponen, 1968". California Moss eFlora. University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley . Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  3. Plants of the Pacific Northwest coast : Washington, Oregon, British Columbia & Alaska. MacKinnon, A. (Andrew), 1956-, Pojar, Jim, 1948-, Alaback, Paul B. Richmond, Wash.: Lone Pine Publishing. 1994. ISBN   1-55105-040-4. OCLC   30357470.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. "Flora of North America". eFlora. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  5. "Plagiomnium". World Flora Online . Retrieved 3 May 2020.