''Tetraplodon'' 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
Splachnaceae
Splachnaceae is a family of mosses, containing around 70 species in 6 genera. Around half of those species are entomophilous, using insects to disperse their spores, a characteristic found in no other seedless land plants.
Many species in this f ...
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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 ...
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Species:
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Tetraplodon angustatus''
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Tetraplodon blyttii''
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Tetraplodon bryoides''
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Tetraplodon caulescens''
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Tetraplodon fuegianus''
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Tetraplodon itatiaiae''
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Tetraplodon mnioides''
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Tetraplodon pallidus''
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Tetraplodon paradoxus''
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Tetraplodon stenophysatus''
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Tetraplodon tomentosus''
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Tetraplodon urceolatus''
References
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Splachnales
Moss genera