''Coscinodon'' 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 ...
es belonging to the family
Grimmiaceae
Grimmiaceae is a family (biology), family of mosses in the order Grimmiales.
Genera
World Flora Online lists the following genera:
* ''Bucklandiella''
* ''Codriophorus''
* ''Coscinodon''
* ''Grimmia''
* ''Guembelia''
* ''Leucoperichaetium' ...
.
The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
Species:
* ''
Coscinodon arctolimnius''
(Steere) Steere
* ''
Coscinodon bolivianus''
Broth.
* ''
Coscinodon calyptratus''
(Drumm.) C.E.O.Jensen
* ''
Coscinodon cribrosus''
(Hedw.) Spruce
* ''
Coscinodon hartzii''
C.E.O.Jensen
* ''
Coscinodon horridus''
(J.Muñoz & Hespanhol) Hugonnot, R.D.Porley & Ignatov
* ''
Coscinodon humilis''
Milde
* ''
Coscinodon lawianus''
(J.H.Willis) Ochyra
* ''
Coscinodon monchiquensis''
R.D.Porley, Ochyra & Ignatova
* ''
Coscinodon patersonii''
Fergusson
* ''
Coscinodon pseudohartzii''
Hastings, Ignatova & Köckinger
* ''
Coscinodon yukonensis''
Hastings
References
Grimmiales
Moss genera
Taxa described in 1804
Taxa named by Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel
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