Marimo is a rare growth form of Aegagropila linnaei in which the algae grow into large green balls with a velvety appearance.
Pottiales is an order of mosses in the subclass Dicranidae.
The Funariaceae are a family of mosses in the order Funariales. About 303 species are included in the family, with 200 species in Funaria and another 80 classified in Physcomitrium.
Western Australia has relatively few species of moss; the most recent census found just 192 taxa. This represents just 10% of Australia's total moss flora, even though Western Australia accounts for about one third of the Australia by area. This relatively low diversity has been attributed to the lack of rainforest in the state.
Calymperastrum latifolium is the sole species in the monotypic moss genus Calymperastrum. It is a poorly known moss, having been collected only three times. All three collections were from the trunks of Macrozamia, in the Southwest Botanic Province of Western Australia. It is presumed endemic to the region, making it the only moss genus known endemic to that state.
The Pottiaceae are a family of mosses. They form the most numerous moss family known, containing nearly 1500 species or more than 10% of the 10,000 to 15,000 moss species known.
Cornus controversa, syn. Swida controversa, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Cornus of the dogwood family Cornaceae, native to China, Korea, the Himalayas and Japan. It is a deciduous tree growing to 50 ft (15 m), with multiple tiered branches. Flat panicles of white flowers appear in summer, followed by globose black fruit. Ovate dark green leaves are glaucous underneath and turn red-purple in autumn. It is cultivated in gardens and parks in temperate regions.
Elsa Cecilia Nyholm (1911–2002) was a Swedish botanist, in particular bryologist, and researcher at Lund University and the Swedish Museum of Natural History.
Tortula is a genus of mosses in the family Pottiaceae.
Tortula muralis, commonly known as wall-screw moss, is a species of moss in the family Pottiaceae. T. muralis is found throughout the world.
Weissia is a genus of mosses, belonging to the family Pottiaceae.
Gyroweisia tenuis, the Slender Stubble-moss, is a species of moss belonging to the family Pottiaceae.
Weissia squarrosa is a species of moss belonging to the family Pottiaceae.
Syntrichia latifolia, formerly Tortula latifolia, and commonly known as water screw-moss, is a species of moss belonging to the family Pottiaceae. Syntrichia species differ from members of Tortula due to synapomorphic leaf qualities, such as different basal and distal cells, as well as different costal cross sections where Tortula has an abaxial epidermis and Syntrichia lacks one.
Weissia microstoma is a species of moss belonging to the family Pottiaceae.
Weissia multicapsularis, the many-fruited beardless-moss, is an ephemeral moss. It is critically endangered.
Weissia sterilis is a species of moss in the family Pottiaceae. It is found in lowland grasslands in Europe, mainly France and Great Britain. It is classified as a near-threatened species due to habitat degradation, decreasing population size, extensive ploughing and the cessation of grazing.
Weissia levieri is a species of moss in the Pottiaceae family.
Weissia ovalis is a species of moss in the Pottiaceae family.
