''Ceratodon'' is a genus of
mosses
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 horn ...
belonging to the family
Ditrichaceae.
The genus was first described by Samuel Elisée Bridel-Brideri.
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:
* ''
Ceratodon conicus
''Ceratodon'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Ditrichaceae.
The genus was first described by Samuel Elisée Bridel-Brideri.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the ...
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* ''
Ceratodon purpureus''
References
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Dicranales
Moss genera