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Discelium nudum
Sign in to saveDiscelium is the only genus of moss in the family Disceliaceae, containing a single species, Discelium nudum, known as flag-moss. This species is rare but is widely distributed across cool and temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere.
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumBryophyta
- ClassBryopsida
- OrderDisceliales
- FamilyDisceliaceae
Observations recorded2,532
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,250
- With media
- 443
- Family
- Disceliaceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, NY, CAS, CMN, MIN, MICH
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
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Discelium is the only genus of moss in the family Disceliaceae, containing a single species, Discelium nudum, known as flag-moss. This species is rare but is widely distributed across cool and temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Discelium nudum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.