''Zygodon'' is a genus 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 ...
in family
Orthotrichaceae
Orthotrichaceae is the only family of mosses in the order Orthotrichales. Many species in the family are epiphytic.
Genera
Accepted genera include:Orthotrichaceae in GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi. ...
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Species
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Zygodon gracilis
''Zygodon gracilis'', the slender yokemoss, is a moss species in the family Orthotrichaceae. It is a rare lithophyte found to only grow on certain localities of limestone outcrops that has high calcium carbonate content. The current global conser ...
'' — slender yokemoss
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Zygodon viridissimus
''Zygodon viridissimus'', the green yokemoss, is a species of moss belonging to the family Orthotrichaceae.
It has almost cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across m ...
'' — green yokemoss
References
Moss genera
Orthotrichales
Taxa named by Thomas Taylor (botanist)
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