Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,641 meters (0 to 11,946 feet).Mean = 448.580 meters (1,471.719 feet), Standard Deviation = 750.600 based on 99 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- 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:
Orthotrichales
()
- Family:
Orthotrichaceae
()
-
- Genus:
Macrocoma
()
- Specific epithet:
tenue
- (Hook.f. & Grev.) Vitt. tenue Rev.
- Botanical name: - Macrocoma tenue (Hook.f. & Grev.) Vitt. tenue Rev.
- Specific epithet:
tenue
- (Hook.f. & Grev.) Vitt. tenue Rev.
- Genus:
Macrocoma
(
- Family:
Orthotrichaceae
(
- Order:
Orthotrichales
(
- Superorder:
Diplolepideae
(
- Subclass:
Bryidae
(
- Class:
Bryopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Bryatae
(
- Subphylum:
Musci
(
- Phylum:
Bryophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Macrocoma
There are approximately 25 species in this genus:
M. abyssinica · M. brasiliensis · M. cylindrica · M. divisa · M. frigida · M. gastonyi · M. gracillima · M. hymenostoma · M. hymenostomum · M. iwatsukii · M. leprieuri · M. lycopodioides · M. obscuripes · M. oromiana · M. orthotrichoides · M. palmaensis · M. papillosa · M. pulchella · M. rubripes · M. splendens · M. splendidula · M. sullivantii (Sullivant's Macrocoma Moss) · M. tenue · M. tenuis · M. tenuis sullivantii
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 18, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 18, 2007:
- GBIF-Spain, Real Jardin Botanico, Madrid: MA-Musci
- National Herbarium of New South Wales, Plants of Papua New Guinea
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1771925
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16440243
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2034554
