''Pyramidula'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
moss
Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) '' sensu stricto''. Bryophyta ('' sensu lato'', Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise liverworts, mosses, and ...
in the family
Funariaceae
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
''Physcomitrium'' is a genus of mosses, commonly calle ...
. It contains the single species ''Pyramidula tetragona'' distributed in central
North America as well as
Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located enti ...
and
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
.
Pyramid moss is a common name.
References
Funariales
Monotypic moss genera
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