Diphyscium

Diphyscium is a genus of mosses in the family Diphysciaceae. Members of this genus are small, perennial plants. The capsule does not elongate much, and remains buried among surrounding leaves.

Species

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumBryophyta
ClassBryopsida
OrderDiphysciales
FamilyDiphysciaceae

Observations recorded19,950

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 150
With media: 71
Family: Diphysciaceae
Collections: US, FH, MICH, CAS, PH, MEL
Recorded in: Canada, United States, Spain, United Kingdom

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Buxbaumiaceae
Image: Diphyscium foliosum (a, 113100-471926) 9526.JPG

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taxon rank: genus
taxon name: Diphyscium
Commons category: Diphyscium
taxon common name: 短颈藓属
topic's main category: Category:Diphyscium
taxon author citation: D. Mohr

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Diphyscium is a genus of mosses in the family Diphysciaceae. Members of this genus are small, perennial plants. The capsule does not elongate much, and remains buried among surrounding leaves.

There are fifteen species of Diphyscium. However, two of these species formerly were placed in the southeast Asian genus Theriotia, and one species, from Chile, formerly was segregated in the monotypic genus Muscoflorschuetzia. In 2003, Magombo proposed reclassifying all fifteen species as belonging to the single genus Diphyscium.

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