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''Pyramidula'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
moss Mosses are small, non-vascular plant, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic phylum, division Bryophyta (, ) ''sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Wilhelm Philippe Schimper, Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryo ...
in the family
Funariaceae The Funariaceae are a family of mosses in the order Funariales Funariales is an order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica * Categoriza ...
. It contains the single species ''Pyramidula tetragona'' distributed in central
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as well as
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and
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. Pyramid moss is a common name.


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Funariales Monotypic moss genera {{Bryopsida-stub