Plagiomnium Vesicatum
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''Plagiomnium'' 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 in the family Mniaceae. It was formerly a part of a more encompassing genus '' Mnium'' and in 1968 Finnish 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 commonly found along shaded stream banks, seeps and springs, generally on soil with a high humus content.


Species

The genus ''Plagiomnium'' contains the following species: *'' Plagiomnium acutum'' *'' Plagiomnium affine'' *'' Plagiomnium arbuscula'' *'' Plagiomnium ciliare'' *'' Plagiomnium confertidens'' *'' Plagiomnium cordatum'' *'' Plagiomnium curvatulum'' *'' Plagiomnium cuspidatum'' *'' Plagiomnium decursivum'' *'' Plagiomnium drummondii'' *'' Plagiomnium elatum'' *'' Plagiomnium elimbatum'' *'' Plagiomnium ellipticum'' *'' Plagiomnium floridanum'' *'' Plagiomnium guizhouense'' *'' Plagiomnium himalayanum'' *'' Plagiomnium insigne'' *'' Plagiomnium integrum'' *'' Plagiomnium japonicum'' *'' Plagiomnium jiuzhaigouense'' *'' Plagiomnium maximoviczii'' *'' Plagiomnium medium'' *'' Plagiomnium novae-zealandiae'' *'' Plagiomnium rhynchophorum'' *'' Plagiomnium rostratum'' *'' Plagiomnium succulentum'' *'' Plagiomnium tezukae'' *'' Plagiomnium undulatum'' *'' Plagiomnium venustum'' *'' Plagiomnium vesicatum'' *'' Plagiomnium wui'' *'' Plagiomnium yunnanense''


References

Mniaceae Moss genera {{bryidae-stub