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Tetraphis
Sign in to saveTetraphis is a genus of two species of mosses (Bryophyta). Its name refers to its four large peristome teeth.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 151
- With media
- 58
- Family
- Tetraphidaceae
- Collections
- FH, PH, TENN, MU
- Recorded in
- United States, Switzerland, Japan, France
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Tetraphidaceae
- Image
- Tetraphis pellucida.jpeg
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- taxon name
- Tetraphis
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- 四齿藓属
- topic's main category
- Category:Tetraphis
- Commons category
- Tetraphis
- taxon author citation
- Hedw.
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Reproduction
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Tetraphis is a genus of two species of mosses (Bryophyta). Its name refers to its four large peristome teeth.
==Reproduction== The sex of Tetraphis shoots can transform depending on the shoot density. When a colony is sparse female—gemmae-producing—shoots dominate. When the colony is sufficiently dense they transform into male shoots.
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