Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Calliergon Moss
Description
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Physical Description
Habit: Nonvascular
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Bryophyta
()
- Mosses
- Class:
Bryopsida
()
- Mosses
- Order:
Hypnales
()
- Family:
Campyliaceae
()
- Genus:
Calliergon
()
- (W.S. Sullivant) Kindberg, 1894
- Specific epithet:
orbicularicordatum
- (Renauld & Cardot) Broth.
- Botanical name: - Calliergon orbicularicordatum (Renauld & Cardot) Broth.
- Specific epithet:
orbicularicordatum
- (Renauld & Cardot) Broth.
- Genus:
Calliergon
(
- Family:
Campyliaceae
(
- Order:
Hypnales
(
- Class:
Bryopsida
(
- Phylum:
Bryophyta
(
Synonyms
Calliergon orbiculare-cordatum (Renauld & Cardot) Brotherus • Calliergon orbiculare-cordatum Brotherus
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Calliergon
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
C. cordifolium (Calliergon Moss) · C. giganteum (Giant Calliergon Moss) · C. macounii (Macoun's Calliergon Moss) · C. megalophyllum (Calliergon Moss) · C. obtusifolium (Calliergon Moss) · C. orbicularicordatum (Calliergon Moss) · C. richardsonii (Richardson's Calliergon Moss) · C. stramineum (Calliergon Moss) · C. trifarium (Calliergon Moss)
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Further Reading
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- Ecological investigations of the tundra biome in the Prudhoe Bay region, Alaska / edited by Jerry Brown. [Fairbanks: University of Alaska], 1975. url p. 207.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 19, 2007:
- Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Museum of Nature Herbarium
- The New York Botanical Garden, American Bryophyte Catalog
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2643205
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16383082
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 547653
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: CAOR18
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 24821
