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Pogonatum

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EntityQ1773133· pop 13· linked from 8 articles

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumBryophyta
  3. ClassPolytrichopsida
  4. OrderPolytrichales
  5. FamilyPolytrichaceae
Observations recorded86,814

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,512
With media
837
Family
Polytrichaceae
Collections
IBUNAM, NYS, YPM, LSU, US, BUF
Recorded in
Mexico, United States, Peru, Philippines, New Zealand, China, Venezuela, Japan

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Polytrichaceae
Image
Pogonatum aloides (c, 150151-481738) 2022.jpg
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taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Pogonatum
Commons category
Pogonatum
taxon common name
小金发藓属
topic's main category
Category:Pogonatum
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Encyclopedic overview

2 sections
Contents
  • Species
  • References

Pogonatum is a genus of mosses — commonly called spike moss — which contains approximately 70 species that cover a cosmopolitan distribution. It can be seen mostly in Asian countries with a tropical climate.

==Species== There are about 156 species known in all, 9 in North America.

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