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Pohlia

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Also known as pohlia moss

Pohlia is a genus of mosses in the family Mniaceae, found on all continents including Antarctica. Some of its species are native to multiple continents. The center of diversity is the Northern Hemisphere.

Species

Genus

  1. PhylumBryophyta
  2. ClassBryopsida
  3. OrderBryales
  4. FamilyBryaceae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
3,200
With media
1,129
Family
Mniaceae
Collections
CHSC, IBUNAM, USU, LSU, PH, CMN
Recorded in
United States, Mexico, Canada, Palau, New Zealand, India, Japan

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Mniaceae
Image
Pohlia nutans.jpeg
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taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Pohlia
Commons category
Pohlia
taxon common name
丝瓜藓属
topic's main category
Category:Pohlia
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Encyclopedic overview

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Pohlia is a genus of mosses in the family Mniaceae, found on all continents including Antarctica. Some of its species are native to multiple continents. The center of diversity is the Northern Hemisphere.

The genus name of Pohlia is in honour of Johann Ehrenfried Pohl (1746–1800), who was a German physician and botanist.

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