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Polytrichum Hedw.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Hedwig, J. (1801). In Species Muscorum Frondosorum. Joannis Ambrosii Barthii. https://www.tropicos.org/reference/9010299

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Bryophyta
class
Polytrichopsida
order
Polytrichales
family
Polytrichaceae
genus
Polytrichum

Name

Homonyms
Polytrichum Hedw.
Common names
Björnmossa in Swedish
Dzegužlini in Latvian
Gegužlinis in Lithuanian
Haarmos in Dutch
Karusamblad in Estonian
Płonnik in Polish
Widertonmoose in German
björnmossor in Swedish
bjørnemoseslekta in Norwegian Bokmål
brunbjörnmossor in Swedish
haarmos in Dutch
hair moss in English
haircap mosses in English
karhunsammalet in Finnish
korpikarhunsammalet in Finnish
korpikarhunsammalet in Finnish
ploník in Czech
szőrmohák in Hungarian
Зозулин льон in Ukrainian
Зозульчин льон in Ukrainian
Кукушкин лён in Russian
Политрихум in Russian
Рунянка in Ukrainian
スギゴケ属 in Japanese
金髮苔屬 in Chinese
솔이끼속 in Korean
Haircap Mosses in English
Haircap Mosses in English
björnmossor in Swedish
bjørnemoseslekta in Norwegian Bokmål
bjørnemoseslekta in Nynorsk, Norwegian
brunbjörnmossor in Swedish

Bibliographic References

  1. CoL 2006
  2. Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature] (2007 version).
  3. Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature] (2007 version).
  4. Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds., 2007: null. Flora of North America North of Mexico, vol. 27: Bryophyta: Mosses, part 1. 734.
  5. Goffinet, Bernard, William R. Buck, and Jonathan Shaw / Goffinet, B., and A. J. Shaw, eds., 2008: Morphology, anatomy, and classification of the Bryophyta. Bryophyte Biology, Second Edition. 55-138.
  6. Hallingbäck, Hedenäs & Weibull (2006) Ny checklista för Sveriges mossor.
  7. Hedwig (1801) Species muscorum frondosorum
  8. Hill, Bell, Bruggeman-Nannenga, Brugués, Cano, Enroth, Flatberg, Frahm, Gallego, Garilleti, Guerra, Hedenäs, Holyoak, Hyvönen, Ignatov, Lara, Mazimpaka, Muñoz & Söderström (2006) Bryological Monograph - An annotated checklist of the mosses of Europe and Macaronesia
  9. Lönnell, Hassel, Goldberg, Huttunen, Bjarnason, Blom, Hallingbäck, Hedenäs, Høitomt, Pihlaja, Prestø, Syrjänen, Söderström, Ulvinen & Weibull (2025) An annotated checklist of bryophytes of the Nordic countries
  10. Nyholm (1969) Illustrated moss flora of Fennoscandia II Musci. Fasc. 6
  11. Rees, T. (compiler) . (2026). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Available from https://www.irmng.org at VLIZ. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD.
  12. SN2000/Parker, 1982
  13. SN2000/Parker, 1982
  14. Siebel, H. & During, H. (2006)
  15. Söderström & Hedenäs (1998) Checklista över Sveriges mossor – 1998
  16. Tropicos (2013) The Index of Mosses database.
  17. as per family
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