Plagiomnium is a genus of mosses in the family Mniaceae.[1] It was formerly a part of a more encompassing genus Mnium and in 1968 Finish bryologist Timo Juhani Koponen justified splitting the genus into a number of smaller genera.[2]

Plagiomnium
Plagiomnium insigne
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Bryales
Family: Mniaceae
Genus: Plagiomnium
T. J. Koponen

Description edit

This genus is characterized by singly placed marginal teeth.[3][4]

Plagiomnium are commonly found along shaded stream banks, seeps and springs, generally on soil with a high humus content.

Species edit

 
Four-toed salamander on unknown Plagiomnium moss

The genus Plagiomnium contains the following species:[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Plagiomnium". The Plant List. 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Plagiomnium T. Koponen, 1968". California Moss eFlora. University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  3. ^ Plants of the Pacific Northwest coast : Washington, Oregon, British Columbia & Alaska. MacKinnon, A. (Andrew), 1956-, Pojar, Jim, 1948-, Alaback, Paul B. Richmond, Wash.: Lone Pine Publishing. 1994. ISBN 1-55105-040-4. OCLC 30357470.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ^ "Flora of North America". eFlora. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Plagiomnium". World Flora Online. Retrieved 3 May 2020.