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Pottiaceae

9 species · Plants

Plantae › Bryophyta › Bryopsida › Pottiales › Pottiaceae

Barbula unguiculata is a Pottiaceae moss with distinct features, common in temperate zones and rare in the tropics.

Syntrichia latifolia, or water screw-moss, is a dioicous Pottiaceae moss found in Europe and Pacific North America.

Syntrichia ruralis is a widely distributed desiccation-tolerant moss used as a model organism in desiccation studies.

Tortula muralis Hedw. is a cosmopolitan moss with small greyish-green cushions that commonly grows on urban hard surfaces.

Weissia controversa, the green-tufted stubble-moss, is a widespread hermaphroditic moss species in the Pottiaceae family.

Tortula acaulon, formerly Phascum cuspidatum, is a common small-leaved moss with multiple varieties that grows across many habitats.

Syntrichia ruralis is a desiccation-tolerant Pottiaceae moss with a cosmopolitan distribution used as a model organism in desiccation studies.

Pterygoneurum ovatum is a cosmopolitan moss species in the Pottiaceae family.

Streblotrichum convolutum, also called Barbula convoluta, is a common Pottiaceae moss found mainly in urban exposed sites.

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