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Genus of mosses

Plagiomnium
Plagiomnium insigne
Scientific classification Edit this 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. 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.

Description

This genus is characterized by singly placed marginal teeth.

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:

References

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


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