Interesting Facts
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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:
cuspidatum
- (Hedw.) Kindb.
- Botanical name: - Calliergon cuspidatum (Hedw.) Kindb.
- Specific epithet:
cuspidatum
- (Hedw.) Kindb.
- Genus:
Calliergon
(
- Family:
Campyliaceae
(
- Order:
Hypnales
(
- Class:
Bryopsida
(
- Phylum:
Bryophyta
(
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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- A manual of the mosses of western Pennsylvania and adjacent regions. Notre Dame, Ind., University of Notre Dame Press, 1951. url p. 242.
- Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. [Washington, D.C.?]: Supt. of Docs., G.P.O., 1913-1923. url p. 74.
- How to know the mosses; a popular guide to the mosses of the northeastern United States; containing keys to eighty genera and short descriptions of over one hundred and fifty species, with special reference to the distinguis by Elizabeth Marie Dunham, with illustrations by the author. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1916. url p. 218.
- Kindberg, N. C. Genera of European and Northamerican Bryineae (Mosses) /synoptically disposed by N. C. Kindberg. 1897 Linkoeping, Sweden: P. M. Sahlstroems Bookselling (C.V. Zickerman), [1897] url p. 123.
- Publications in botany / Ottawa: The Museum, 1969- url p. 47.
- The Canadian field-naturalist. 42 1928 Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 199.
- Torreya. Burlington, Vt., Torrey Botanical Club, 1901-1945. url p. 131, p. 80.
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 December 18, 2007:
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2768471
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16133661
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2035202
