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Polytrichum hyperboreum R.Br.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Brown, R. (1823). In Chloris Melvilliana a list of plants collected in Melville Island (latitude 74-75 N., longitude 110-112 W.) in the year 1820; by the officers of the voyage of discovery under the orders of Captain Parry, with characters and descriptions of the new genera and species. W. Clowes. https://www.tropicos.org/reference/9031223

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Polytrichum boreale Kindb.
Polytrichum juniperinum var. arcticum Kuc
Polytrichum piliferum subsp. hyperboreum (R.Br.) Albr.Rohn.
Polytrichum piliferum var. alpestre Wulfsb.
Polytrichum piliferum var. hyperboreum (R.Br.) Müll.Hal.
Polytrichum piliferum var. psilocorys J.Heimans
Polytrichum pilosum var. alpestre (Wulfsb.) Kindb.
Homonyms
Polytrichum hyperboreum R.Br.
Common names
Arctic Haircap Moss in English
Polytrichum moss in English
aurbjørnemose in Norwegian Bokmål
hedbjörnmossa in Swedish
lapinkarhunsammal in Finnish
lapinkarhunsammal in Finnish
polytric hyperboréen in French
Политрихум северный in Russian
aurbjørnemose in Nynorsk, Norwegian
aurbjørnemose in Norwegian Bokmål
hedbjörnmossa in Swedish
hyperboreal haircap moss in English
polytric hyperboréen in French

Bibliographic References

  1. Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds., 2007: null. Flora of North America North of Mexico, vol. 27: Bryophyta: Mosses, part 1. 734.
  2. Hallingbäck, Hedenäs & Weibull (2006) Ny checklista för Sveriges mossor.
  3. IPNI (2012) The International Plant Names Index. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Botanic Gardens.
  4. Söderström & Hedenäs (1998) Checklista över Sveriges mossor – 1998
  5. Tropicos (2013) The Index of Mosses database.
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