Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Jaegerina Moss
Description
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Physical Description
Habit: Nonvascular
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,603 meters (0 to 5,259 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Bryophyta
()
- A. Braun, in Ascherson, 1860
- Mosses
- Subphylum:
Musci
()
- (Linnaeus, 1753) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum:
Bryatae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Class:
Bryopsida
()
-
- Mosses
- Subclass:
Bryidae
()
- Superorder:
Diplolepideae
()
- Order:
Leucodontales
()
- Family:
Pterobryaceae
()
- Genus:
Jaegerina
()
- Specific epithet:
scariosa
- Arzeni, 1954
- Botanical name: - Jaegerina scariosa Arzeni, 1954
- Specific epithet:
scariosa
- Arzeni, 1954
- Genus:
Jaegerina
(
- Family:
Pterobryaceae
(
- Order:
Leucodontales
(
- Superorder:
Diplolepideae
(
- Subclass:
Bryidae
(
- Class:
Bryopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Bryatae
(
- Subphylum:
Musci
(
- Phylum:
Bryophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Ambiguous Synonyms
- Cyrtopus cameruniae Brotherus, 1897
- Garovaglia ulei C. M�ller Ex Brotherus, 1895
- Jaegerina brevicuspis Brotherus and Potier De La Varde, 1926
- Jaegerina cameruniae (Brotherus) Wijk and Margadant, 1962
- Jaegerinopsis cameruniae (Brotherus) Brotherus, 1906
- Jaegerinopsis squarrosa Britton, 1918
- Jaegerinopsis ulei (C. M�ller Ex Brotherus) Brotherus, 1906
- Pterobryopsis simplex Fleischer, 1905
- Pterobryopsis ulei (C. M�ller Ex Brotherus) Fleischer, 1905
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-Jul-2004
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Jaegerina
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
J. formosa · J. guatemalensis · J. luzonensis · J. plicata · J. retrosquarrosa · J. robillardii · J. scariosa (Jaegerina Moss) · J. solitaria · J. stolonifera
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Further Reading
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- Mosses of Guatemala / Edwin B. Bartram. [Chicago]Chicago National History Museum, [1949] ENG url p. 250.
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.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
- Moss TROPICOS DatabaseJul 1, 2004.
- Moss TROPICOS: the World Checklist of Mosses
- MOST: Moss TROPICOS Database
- 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 National Herbarium (CANB)
- GBIF-Spain: Real Jardin Botanico, Madrid: MA-Musci
- Herbier de la Guyane
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- UNIBIO, IBUNAM: MEXU/Colección de Briofitas
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3872736
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: MOS-35138169
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 16545
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: JASC
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 44705
Footnotes
- Mean = 310.760 meters (1,019.554 feet), Standard Deviation = 638.020 based on 42 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
