Biology:Campylium chrysophyllum

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Short description: Species of plant

Campylium chrysophyllum
Campylium chrysophyllum (b, 144635-474820) 2701.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Hypnales
Family: Amblystegiaceae
Genus: Campylium
Species:
C. chrysophyllum
Binomial name
Campylium chrysophyllum
J.M.Lange, 1887
Synonyms[1]
  • Amblystegium geophilum Stirt.
  • Campylium chrysophyllum var. chrysophyllum
  • Campylium sinuolatum (Kindb.) Kindb.
  • Campylium subsecundum Broth.
  • Campylium unicostatum (Müll.Hal. & Kindb.) Kindb.
  • Hypnum chrysophyllum var. preuerianum Saut.
  • Hypnum fragile Brid.
  • Hypnum inordinatum Brid.
  • Hypnum preuerianum (Saut.) A.Jaeger
  • Hypnum sinuolatum Kindb.
  • Hypnum subchrysophyllum Anzi
  • Hypnum unicostatum Müll.Hal. & Kindb.

Campylium chrysophyllum is a species of moss in the Amblystegiaceae family.[1] It has a cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

Campylium chrysophyllum is known to be able to use artificial light to grow in places which are otherwise devoid of natural light, such as Niagara Cave. [2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Campylium chrysophyllum". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/2681541. 
  2. Thatcher, Edward P. (1947). "Observations on Bryophytes Living in an Artificially Illuminated Limestone Cave". The American Midland Naturalist 37 (3): 797-800. doi:10.2307/2421476. 

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