''Eurhynchium'' is a genus 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
Brachytheciaceae
Brachytheciaceae is a family of mosses from the order Hypnales. The family includes over 40 genera and 250 species.
Description
The family consists of pleurocarpous mosses with very diverse appearances. They are irregular or pinnately branche ...
.
The genus was
first described by Bruch and
Wilhelm Philippe Schimper
Wilhelm Philippe Schimper (January 12, 1808 – March 20, 1880, in Lichtenberg, Bas-Rhin, Lichtenberg) was an Alsace, Alsatian botanist with French, later German citizenship. He was born in Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel, but spent his youth in Offwiller ...
in 1854.
The genus has
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:
* ''
Eurhynchium angustirete''
* ''
Eurhynchium praelongum
''Eurhynchium praelongum'' is a species of moss with a widespread distribution. Found in Australia, New Zealand, North America, northern South America, Eurasia and North Africa.
In a 2003 study of the effect of the herbicide Asulam on moss growt ...
''
* ''
Eurhynchium pulchellum
''Eurhynchium'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Brachytheciaceae.
The genus was species description, first described by Bruch and Wilhelm Philippe Schimper in 1854.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
* ''Eurhynchium ...
''
* ''
Eurhynchium striatum''
* ''
Eurhynchium swartzii''
References
Brachytheciaceae
Moss genera
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