''Hamatocaulis vernicosus'', the varnished hook-moss,
is a species 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 ...
belonging to the family
Amblystegiaceae.
It 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 ...
.
Taxonomy
Synonyms
*''Drepanocladus vernicosus''
(Mitt.) Warnst.
*''Drepanocladus vernicosus var. gracile''
G. Roth
*''Hypnum lycopodioides var. genuinum''
Sanio
*''Hypnum pellucidum''
Wilson ex Jur.
*''Hypnum vernicosum var. fluitans''
Warnst.
*''Limprichtia vernicosa''
(Mitt.) Loeske
*''Scorpidium vernicosum''
(Mitt.) Tuom.
*''Stereodon vernicosus''
Mitt.
References
Amblystegiaceae
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