PLANTS Profile for Polytrichum longisetum (polytrichum moss)

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PLANTS Profile

Polytrichum longisetum Brid.
polytrichum moss

Symbol:

POLO18

Group:

Moss

Family:

Polytrichaceae

Duration:

Growth Habit:

Nonvascular

Native Status:

Distribution:

NA (not mapped)

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Polytrichum longisetum Brid.

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Synonyms:
Polytrichum longisetum Brid.

	POLO19	Polytrichastrum longisetum (Brid.) G.L. Sm.
	POAN22	Polytrichum anomalum (Milde) Milde
	POAU11	Polytrichum aurantiacum Hoppe ex Brid.
	POFOA3	Polytrichum formosum Hedw. var. aurantiacum (Hoppe ex Brid.) Hartm.
	POGR24	Polytrichum gracile Bryhn
	POGRA3	Polytrichum gracile Bryhn var. anomalum (Milde) I. Hagen
	POLOA	Polytrichum longisetum Brid. var. anomalum (Milde) I. Hagen
	POLOA2	Polytrichum longisetum Brid. var. aurantiacum (Hoppe ex Brid.) Brid.

Related Taxa:
Polytrichum longisetum Brid.

View 8 genera in Polytrichaceae, 15 species in Polytrichum

Classification:
Polytrichum longisetum Brid.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Division	Bryophyta – Mosses
Subdivision	Musci
Class	Bryopsida – True mosses
Subclass	Bryidae
Order	Polytrichales
Family	Polytrichaceae
Genus	Polytrichum Hedw. – polytrichum moss
Species	Polytrichum longisetum Brid. – polytrichum moss

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Polytrichum longisetum Brid.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 15767.

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 08:31 PM CDT