''Coscinodon'' 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
Grimmiaceae
Grimmiaceae is a family of mosses in the order Grimmiales.
Genera
''The Plant List'' and ''Tropicos'' list the following genera:
* '' Aligrimmia''
* '' Bucklandiella''
* '' Codriophorus''
* '' Coscinodon''
* '' Coscinodontella''
* '' Drypt ...
.
The genus has almost
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:
* ''
Coscinodon aciphyllus''
(Wahlenb.) Brid.
* ''
Coscinodon arctolimnius''
Steere, 1977
References
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Grimmiales
Moss genera