Tetrodontium brownianum
Appearance
Brown's four-tooth moss | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Bryophyta |
Class: | Tetraphidopsida |
Order: | Tetraphidales |
Family: | Tetraphidaceae |
Genus: | Tetrodontium |
Species: | T. brownianum
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Binomial name | |
Tetrodontium brownianum Dickson. Schwaegr.[1]
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Tetrodontium brownianum is a species of moss commonly known as Brown's tetrodontium moss[2] or Brown's four-tooth moss.[3] It is widely distributed. In North America it is found in Washington state and British Columbia on the west coast and from Newfoundland to Ohio to the east.[1] It is also present in Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom as well as Japan, New Zealand and Chile.[4][5]
It is named after Robert Brown, the Scottish botanist who first discovered the plant growing at Roslin near Edinburgh in the late 18th century whilst still a student. The plant can still be found at the site of its discovery.[6]
See also
- Endemic Scottish mosses:
- Flora of Scotland
References
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- ^ a b "Bryophyte Flora of North America: Tetrodontium brownianum" efloras.org. Retrieved 1 June 2008.
- ^ NRCS. "Tetrodontium brownianum". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ "The British Database of World Flora and Fauna: Tetrodontium brownianum" British Towns and Villages Network. Retrieved 1 June 2008.
- ^ "Tetrodontium brownianum". www.nzflora.info. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Tetrodontium brownianum var. brownianum". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Bryology (mosses, liverworts and hornworts)" Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 15 May 2008.