Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Richardson's Calliergon Moss
Description
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Physical Description
Habit: Graminoid
Biology
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Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
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:
richardsonii
- Kindberg, 1897
- Botanical name: - Calliergon richardsonii Kindberg, 1897
- Specific epithet:
richardsonii
- Kindberg, 1897
- Genus:
Calliergon
(
- Family:
Campyliaceae
(
- Order:
Hypnales
(
- Class:
Bryopsida
(
- Phylum:
Bryophyta
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 19-Jul-2004
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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- Canada's missing dimension: science and history in the Canadian Arctic Islands / Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Nature, 1990. url p. 118, p. 840.
- Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium. 10 1973 Ann Arbor: University Herbarium, University of Michigan, 1939- url p. 271, p. 275, p. 276.
- Ecological investigations of the tundra biome in the Prudhoe Bay region, Alaska / edited by Jerry Brown. [Fairbanks: University of Alaska], 1975. url p. 207, p. 85.
- Occasional papers of the Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany. 13 1978 Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University, Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany. url p. 33.
- Publications in botany / Ottawa: The Museum, 1969- url p. 47, p. 58, p. 59, p. 59.
- Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 38, p. 9.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 11 providers.
- MOST: Moss TROPICOS Database. Release date: July 19, 2004
- Moss TROPICOS: the World Checklist of Mosses
- Moss TROPICOS DatabaseJul 1, 2004.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre: Australian Antarctic Division Herbarium
- Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
- European Environment Agency: EUNIS
- GBIF-Spain: Real Jardin Botanico, Madrid: MA-Musci
- GBIF-Sweden: Mosses (S)
- Icelandic Institute of Natural History: Herbarium (AMNH)
- Icelandic Institute of Natural History: Herbarium (ICEL)
- Jyväskylä University Museum - The Section of Natural Sciences: Spring bryophyte flora of Salpausselka (Ulvinen 1955 & Juutinen 2006)
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo: Bryophyte herbarium, Bergen (BG)
- The New York Botanical Garden: American Bryophyte Catalog
- UNIBIO, IBUNAM: MEXU/Colección de Briofitas
- University Museums of Norway (MUSIT)
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3872591
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: MOS-35153460
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13445455
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 16186
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: CASU57
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 23969
