Plagiomnium

Plagiomnium
Plagiomnium insigne
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Bryales
Family: Mniaceae
Genus:
T.J.Kop.

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.[1]

Description

This genus is characterized by singly placed marginal teeth.[2][3]

Plagiomnium are commonly found along shaded stream banks, seeps and springs, generally on soil with a high humus content.

Species

The genus Plagiomnium contains the following species:[4]

  • Plagiomnium acutum (Lindb.) T.J.Kop.
  • Plagiomnium affine (Blandow) T.J.Kop.
  • Plagiomnium arbuscula (Müll.Hal.) T.J.Kop.
  • Plagiomnium ciliare (Müll.Hal.) T.J.Kop.
  • Plagiomnium confertidens (Lindb. & Arnell) T.J.Kop.
  • Plagiomnium cordatum T.J.Kop. & D.H.Norris
  • Plagiomnium curvatulum (Lindb.) Schljakov
  • Plagiomnium cuspidatum (Hedw.) T.J.Kop.
  • Plagiomnium decursivum R.E.Wyatt
  • Plagiomnium drummondii (Bruch & Schimp.) T.J.Kop.
  • Plagiomnium elatum (Bruch & Schimp.) T.J.Kop.
  • Plagiomnium elimbatum (M.Fleisch.) T.J.Kop.
  • Plagiomnium ellipticum (Brid.) T.J.Kop.
  • Plagiomnium floridanum R.E.Wyatt & Odrzyk.
  • Plagiomnium guizhouense Y.J.Yi & S.He
  • Plagiomnium himalayanum T.J.Kop.
  • Plagiomnium insigne (Mitt.) T.J.Kop.
  • Plagiomnium integrum (Bosch & Sande Lac.) T.J.Kop.
  • Plagiomnium japonicum (Lindb.) T.J.Kop.
  • Plagiomnium jiuzhaigouense R.E.Wyatt
  • Plagiomnium maximoviczii (Lindb.) T.J.Kop.
  • Plagiomnium medium (Bruch & Schimp.) T.J.Kop.
  • Plagiomnium novae-zealandiae (Colenso) T.J.Kop.
  • Plagiomnium rhynchophorum (Harv.) T.J.Kop.
  • Plagiomnium rostratum (Schrad.) T.J.Kop.
  • Plagiomnium succulentum (Mitt.) T.J.Kop.
  • Plagiomnium tezukae (Sakurai) T.J.Kop.
  • Plagiomnium undulatum (Hedw.) T.J.Kop.
  • Plagiomnium venustum (Mitt.) T.J.Kop.
  • Plagiomnium vesicatum (Besch.) T.J.Kop.
  • Plagiomnium wui (T.J.Kop.) Y.J.Yi & S.He
  • Plagiomnium yunnanense (T.J.Kop., X.J.Li & M.Zang) T.J.Kop.

References

  1. ^ "Plagiomnium T. Koponen, 1968". California Moss eFlora. University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ "Flora of North America". eFlora. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Plagiomnium". World Flora Online. Retrieved 3 May 2020.