Ptychostomum turbinatum

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Ptychostomum turbinatum
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Ptychostomum turbinatum in Germany in 2007
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Bryales
Family: Bryaceae
Genus: Ptychostomum
Subgenus: Ptychostomum subg. Ptychostomum
Species:
P. turbinatum
Binomial name
Ptychostomum turbinatum
(Hedw.) J.R.Spence
Synonyms
  • Bryum turbinatum(Hedw.) Turner

Ptychostomum turbinatum, also known as topshape thread-moss or pear-fruited bryum, is a species of moss found in continental Europe and the US. [1] [2] The species became extinct across the British Isles in the 1940s according to the Species Recovery Trust and in 2001 according to the IUCN, and it has not reestablished since. [3] [4] [5]

Splachnobryum kieneri is listed by the USDA as a synonym. [6]

It grows on the edges of ditches and ponds, on calcareous, [7] gravelly ground.

The leaves' color ranges from dull green to yellow-green. [7]

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References

  1. Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel
  2. USDA Plants Database
  3. "Species Recovery Trust - Lost Life". Archived from the original on 2019-04-28. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
  4. "British Bryological Society". Archived from the original on 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
  5. Natural History Museum - Bryum turbinatum
  6. USDA Plants Database
  7. 1 2 Spence, John R. "Ptychostomum turbinatum". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 15 July 2024 via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.