''Plagiomnium'' 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 nom ...
of
mosses in the family
Mniaceae
Mniaceae is a moss family in the order Bryales.
Taxonomy
The family Mniaceae includes the following genera:
* '' Cinclidium''
* '' Cyrtomnium''
* '' Epipterygium''
* '' Leucolepis''
* '' Mielichhoferia''
* '' Mnium''
* '' Orthomnion''
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. It was formerly a part of a more encompassing genus ''
Mnium
''Mnium'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Mniaceae
Mniaceae is a moss family in the order Bryales.
Taxonomy
The family Mniaceae includes the following genera:
* '' Cinclidium''
* '' Cyrtomnium''
* '' Epipterygium''
* '' Leu ...
'' and in 1968 Finish
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 commonlyg found along shaded stream banks, seeps and springs, generally on soil with a high humus content.
Species
The genus ''Plagiomnium'' contains the following species:
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Plagiomnium acutum
''Plagiomnium'' is a genus of mosses in the family Mniaceae. 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.
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Plagiomnium affine''
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Plagiomnium arbusculum''
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Plagiomnium carolinianum
''Plagiomnium'' is a genus of mosses in the family Mniaceae. 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.
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Plagiomnium ciliare''
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Plagiomnium cinclidioides''
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Plagiomnium confertidens''
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Plagiomnium cordatum''
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Plagiomnium cuspidatum''
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Plagiomnium drummondii''
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Plagiomnium ecklonii
''Plagiomnium'' is a genus of mosses in the family Mniaceae. 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.
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Plagiomnium elatum''
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Plagiomnium elimbatum''
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Plagiomnium ellipticum
''Plagiomnium'' is a genus of mosses in the family Mniaceae. 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.
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Plagiomnium insigne
''Plagiomnium insigne'', the badge moss or coastal leafy moss, is a species of moss found on humus in moist, shaded, lowland forests. It can also be found on soil along trails and other shaded, open areas. The moss sometimes forms lush, extensi ...
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Plagiomnium integroradiatum
''Plagiomnium'' is a genus of mosses in the family Mniaceae. 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.
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Plagiomnium integrum
''Plagiomnium'' is a genus of mosses in the family Mniaceae. 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.
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Plagiomnium japonicum
''Plagiomnium'' is a genus of mosses in the family Mniaceae. 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.
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Plagiomnium kawadei
''Plagiomnium'' is a genus of mosses in the family Mniaceae. 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.
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Plagiomnium maximoviczii
''Plagiomnium'' is a genus of mosses in the family Mniaceae. 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.
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Plagiomnium medium
''Plagiomnium medium'', commonly known as Alpine thyme-moss or intermediate plagiomnium moss, is a moss found in montane habitats in the Northern Hemisphere.
Research published in 1988 showed that is a hybrid of '' P. ellipticum'' and '' ...
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Plagiomnium novae-zealandiae
''Plagiomnium'' is a genus of mosses in the family Mniaceae. 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.
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Plagiomnium prorepens
''Plagiomnium'' is a genus of mosses in the family Mniaceae. 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.
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Plagiomnium rhynchophorum
''Plagiomnium'' is a genus of mosses in the family Mniaceae. 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.
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Plagiomnium rostratum
''Plagiomnium'' is a genus of mosses in the family Mniaceae. 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.
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Plagiomnium rugicum
''Plagiomnium'' is a genus of mosses in the family Mniaceae. 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.
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Plagiomnium speciosum''
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Plagiomnium subelimbatum''
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Plagiomnium succulentum''
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Plagiomnium tezukae''
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Plagiomnium trichomanes''
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Plagiomnium undulatum''
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Plagiomnium venustum
''Plagiomnium venustum'', also known as magnificent leafy moss, is a species of moss belonging to the family Mniaceae. It is found mainly in western North America along the coastal region. This moss can be identified from other members of the Pl ...
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Plagiomnium vesicatum''
References
Mniaceae
Moss genera
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