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Amblystegiaceae
Sign in to saveAmblystegiaceae is a family of mosses. It includes 20 to 30 genera with a total of up to 150 species. They occur nearly worldwide, growing in tropical, temperate, and subpolar regions.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumBryophyta
- ClassBryopsida
- OrderHypnales
- FamilyAmblystegiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 58
- With media
- 12
- Family
- Amblystegiaceae
- Collections
- TENN, MEL, NCU, DUKE, CHSC, CINC
- Recorded in
- Japan, United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Brasil, China, Norway
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- Amblystegiaceae
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- taxon name
- Amblystegiaceae
- topic's main category
- Category:Amblystegiaceae
- taxon common name
- 柳叶藓科
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Encyclopedic overview
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Amblystegiaceae is a family of mosses. It includes 20 to 30 genera with a total of up to 150 species. They occur nearly worldwide, growing in tropical, temperate, and subpolar regions.
These mosses are small to large in size and are yellow, green, or brown in color. Some are aquatic and some terrestrial. Most occur in wet habitat types. Many occur in substrates with a basic pH, but some grow in neutral to acidic substrates.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amblystegiaceae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.