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thumb|Syntrichia caninervis, the dominant moss in the blackbrush community of the [[Mojave Desert ]] Syntrichia is a large, cosmopolitan genus of mosses in the family Pottiaceae. The genus name is of Greek origin for "with" and "hair", referring to the "twisted peristome united by a basal membrane".

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumBryophyta
  3. ClassBryopsida
  4. OrderPottiales
  5. FamilyPottiaceae
Observations recorded205,935

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
768
With media
375
Family
Pottiaceae
Collections
CAS, MICH, MIN, US
Recorded in
United States, India, Canada, Mexico, Chile

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Pottiaceae
Image
Tortula ruralis0.jpg
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taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Syntrichia
taxon common name
赤藓属
topic's main category
Category:Syntrichia
Commons category
Syntrichia
taxon author citation
Brid.
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thumb|Syntrichia caninervis, the dominant moss in the blackbrush community of the [[Mojave Desert ]] Syntrichia is a large, cosmopolitan genus of mosses in the family Pottiaceae. The genus name is of Greek origin for "with" and "hair", referring to the "twisted peristome united by a basal membrane".

, the World Flora Online accepts 114 species in the genus Syntrichia:

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

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