''Aplodon'' is a
monotypic genus
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of
mosses
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 ho ...
belonging to the family
Splachnaceae
Splachnaceae is a family (biology), family of mosses, containing around 70 species in 6 genera. Around half of those species are entomophily, entomophilous, using insects to disperse their spores, a characteristic found in no other seedless land ...
. The only species is ''Aplodon wormskioldii''.
The species was described by
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in 1823.
The species of this genus are found in
Subarctic
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Eurasia and Northern America.
References
Splachnaceae
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