Plagiomnium | |
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Plagiomnium insigne | |
Scientific classification | |
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]
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.
The genus Plagiomnium contains the following species: [5]
Funaria is a genus of approximately 210 species of moss. Funaria hygrometrica is the most common species. Funaria hygrometrica is called “cord moss” because of the twisted seta which is very hygroscopic and untwists when moist. The name is derived from the Latin word “funis”, meaning "a rope". In funaria root like structures called rhizoids are present.
Dicranum is a genus of mosses, also called wind-blown mosses or fork mosses. These mosses form in densely packed clumps. Stems may fork, but do not branch. In general, upright stems will be single but packed together. Dicranum is distributed globally. In North America these are commonly found in Jack pine or Red pine stands.
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.
Barbula is a genus of mosses in the family Pottiaceae.
Ditrichum is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the family Ditrichaceae.
Cryphaea is a genus of mosses, (Bryophyta), containing at least 26 accepted species.
Tortula is a genus of mosses in the family Pottiaceae.
Thuidium is a genus of moss in the family Thuidiaceae. The name comes from the genus Thuja and the Latin suffix -idium, meaning diminutive. This is due to its resemblance to small cedar trees.
Leucobryum is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the family Leucobryaceae. The name comes from the Greek leukos, meaning white, and bryon, meaning moss.
Aulacomnium is a genus of mosses of the family Aulacomniaceae, with a circumpolar distribution.
Syntrichia is a large, cosmopolitan genus of mosses in the family Pottiaceae. The genus name is of Greek origin for "plus" and "hair", referring to the "twisted peristome united by a basal membrane".
Plagiothecium is a genus of moss belonging to the family Plagiotheciaceae. It has a cosmopolitan distribution.
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.
Homalothecium is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Brachytheciaceae.
Tetraplodon is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Splachnaceae.
Rhizogonium is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Rhizogoniaceae.
Pylaisia is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Pylaisiaceae.
Leskeaceae is a family of mosses belonging to the order Hypnales.
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