Plagiomnium

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Plagiomnium

Genus of mosses

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 Finish 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

The genus Plagiomnium contains the following species:[5]

  • Plagiomnium acutum (Lindb.) T.J. Kop.
  • Plagiomnium affine (Blandow ex Funck) T.J. Kop.
  • Plagiomnium arbusculum (Müll. Hal.) T.J. Kop.
  • Plagiomnium carolinianum (L.E. Anderson) T.J. Kop.
  • Plagiomnium ciliare (Müll. Hal.) T.J. Kop.
  • Plagiomnium cinclidioides (Huebener) M.C. Bowers
  • Plagiomnium confertidens (Lindb. & Arnell) T.J. Kop.
  • Plagiomnium cordatum T.J. Kop. & D.H. Norris
  • Plagiomnium cuspidatum (Hedw.) T.J. Kop.
  • Plagiomnium drummondii (Bruch & Schimp.) T.J. Kop.
  • Plagiomnium ecklonii (Müll. Hal.) T.J. Kop.
  • Plagiomnium elatum (Bruch & Schimp.) T.J. Kop.
  • Plagiomnium elimbatum (M. Fleisch.) T.J. Kop.
  • Plagiomnium ellipticum (Brid.) T.J. Kop.
  • Plagiomnium insigne (Mitt.) T.J. Kop.
  • Plagiomnium integroradiatum (Dixon) C. Gao & G.C. Zhang
  • Plagiomnium integrum (Bosch & Sande Lac.) T.J. Kop.
  • Plagiomnium japonicum (Lindb.) T.J. Kop.
  • Plagiomnium kawadei (S. Okamura) Z. Iwats.
  • Plagiomnium maximoviczii (Lindb.) T.J. Kop.
  • Plagiomnium medium (Bruch & Schimp.) T.J. Kop.
  • Plagiomnium novae-zealandiae (Colenso) T.J. Kop.
  • Plagiomnium prorepens (Müll. Hal.) T.J. Kop.
  • Plagiomnium rhynchophorum (Harv.) T.J. Kop.
  • Plagiomnium rostratum (Schrad.) T.J. Kop.
  • Plagiomnium rugicum (Laurer) T.J. Kop.
  • Plagiomnium speciosum (Mitt.) M.C. Bowers
  • Plagiomnium subelimbatum (Dixon) T.J. Kop.
  • Plagiomnium succulentum (Mitt.) T.J. Kop.
  • Plagiomnium tezukae (Sakurai) T.J. Kop.
  • Plagiomnium trichomanes (Mitt.) T.J. Kop.
  • Plagiomnium undulatum (Hedw.) T.J. Kop.
  • Plagiomnium venustum (Mitt.) T.J. Kop.
  • Plagiomnium vesicatum (Besch.) T.J. Kop.

References

  1. [1]
    "Plagiomnium". The Plant List. 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Plagiomnium T. Koponen, 1968". California Moss eFlora. University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  3. [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. [4]
    "Flora of North America". eFlora. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  5. [5]
    "Plagiomnium". World Flora Online. Retrieved 3 May 2020.


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