Syntrichia

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Syntrichia
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Syntrichia ruralis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Pottiales
Family: Pottiaceae
Genus: Syntrichia
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Syntrichia caninervis, the dominant moss in the blackbrush community of the Mojave Desert Syntrichia caninervis 01.jpg
Syntrichia caninervis , the dominant moss in the blackbrush community of the Mojave Desert

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". [2]

As of 2020, the World Flora Online accepts 114 species in the genus Syntrichia: [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Bowker, Matthew A.; Stark, Lloyd R.; McLetchie, D. Nicholas; Mishler, Brent D. (2000). "Sex expression, skewed sex ratios, and microhabitat distribution in the dioecious desert moss Syntrichia caninervis (Pottiaceae)". American Journal of Botany. 87 (4): 517–526. doi:10.2307/2656595.
  2. ↑ Mishler, Brent D. (2007). "Syntrichia". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 27. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 23 August 2020– via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  3. ↑ "Syntrichia Brid". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 23 August 2020.


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