Tayloria acuminata, commonly known as acuminate dung moss[2] and acuminate trumpet moss, is a bright-green dung moss species with violet radicles that age to a dark red.[3] It is native to North America[4] and Iceland, where it is found in bird cliffs in Hornstrandir.[5] In Iceland it has the conservation status of a vulnerable species (VU).[5]
| Tayloria acuminata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Bryidae |
| Order: | Splachnales |
| Family: | Splachnaceae |
| Genus: | Tayloria |
| Species: | T. acuminata
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| Binomial name | |
| Tayloria acuminata | |
| Synonyms | |
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Georgia cuspidata Kindb.[1] | |
References edit
- ^ "Tayloria acuminata". The Plant List. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tayloria acuminata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ Howard Alvin Crum; Lewis Edward Anderson (1981). Mosses of Eastern North America. Vol. 1. Columbia University Press. p. 489. ISBN 0231045166.
- ^ "Tayloria acuminata". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
- ^ a b Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands [Icelandic Institute of Natural History] (1996). Válisti 1: Plöntur. (in Icelandic) Reykjavík: Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands.
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