Rhynchostegium is a genus of pleurocarpous mosses belonging to the family Brachytheciaceae.[2] The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution across different climatological regions except the polar regions, mostly in tropic to north temperate regions.[2][1] The genus contains both aquatic and terrestrial species.[1][3] The genus was named for their rostrate opercula.[1] The type species of this genus is Rhynchostegium confertum (Dicks.) Schimp.[1]
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Rhynchostegium is a genus of pleurocarpous mosses belonging to the family Brachytheciaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution across different...
which are otherwise devoid of natural light, such as Niagara Cave. "Rhynchostegium serrulatum". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 21...
Rhynchostegium murale is a species of moss belonging to the family Brachytheciaceae and native to Europe and eastern Asia. "Rhynchostegium murale W.P.Schimper...
riparioides". The Moss Flora of Britain. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 841–842. ISBN 0-521-54672-9. "Rhynchostegium riparioides | NBN Atlas"....
United States Washington A moss. Moved from Palaeohypnum knowltoni (1947) First named Rhynchostegium knowltoni (1899) Moved to Hypnites knowltoni in 1980...
Leptodictyum riparium, Fontinalis antipyretica, Hygroamblystegium tenax, or Rhynchostegium confertum, as well as lichens like Verrucaria elaeomelaena or Verrucaria...
found in both open and wooded areas. Campisi, P. & Cogoni, A. (2019). "Rhynchostegium alopecuroides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019. doi:10.2305/IUCN...
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