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Amblystegium

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Amblystegium

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Amblystegium is a genus of moss belonging to the family Amblystegiaceae. The genus was described in 1853 by Wilhelm Philippe Schimper. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumBryophyta
  3. ClassBryopsida
  4. OrderHypnales
  5. FamilyAmblystegiaceae
Observations recorded92,042

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,031
With media
588
Family
Amblystegiaceae
Collections
CAS, DUKE, MU, TENN, LSU, CMN
Recorded in
United States, Canada, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland

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Amblystegium is a genus of moss belonging to the family Amblystegiaceae. The genus was described in 1853 by Wilhelm Philippe Schimper. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.

Species: Amblyaspis belus Amblyaspis prorsa Amblyaspis roboris Amblyaspis scelionoides Amblystegium serpens Amblystegium tenax Amblyaspis tritici

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amblystegium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.