''Atrichum'' is a genus of
moss
Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) '' sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise liverworts, mosses, and hor ...
es belonging to the family
Polytrichaceae
Polytrichaceae is a common family of mosses. Members of this family tend to be larger than other mosses with a thickened central stem and a rhizome. The leaves have a midrib that bears photosynthetic lamellae on the upper surface. Species in ...
.
The genus was first described by
Palisot de Beauvois
Ambroise Marie François Joseph Palisot, Baron de Beauvois (27 July 1752, in Arras – 21 January 1820, in Paris) was a French naturalist and zoologist.
Palisot collected insects in Oware, Benin, Saint Domingue, and the United States, from 1 ...
.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
.
Species:
* ''
Atrichum angustatum''
* ''
Atrichum crispum''
* ''
Atrichum flavisetum
''Atrichum'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Polytrichaceae.
The genus was first described by Palisot de Beauvois.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of ...
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* ''
Atrichum tenellum''
* ''
Atrichum undulatum''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q150313
Polytrichaceae
Moss genera