Biology:Tetrodontium brownianum

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Short description: Species of moss

Tetrodontium brownianum
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Tetraphidopsida
Order: Tetraphidales
Family: Tetraphidaceae
Genus: Tetrodontium
Species:
T. brownianum
Binomial name
Tetrodontium brownianum
Dickson. Schwaegr.[1]

Tetrodontium brownianum is a species of moss commonly known as Brown's tetrodontium moss[2] or Brown's four-tooth moss.[3] It is widely distributed. In North America it is found in Washington state and British Columbia on the west coast and from Newfoundland to Ohio to the east.[1] It is also present in Austria, France , Germany , Ireland, Norway , Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom as well as Japan , New Zealand and Chile .[4][5]

It is named after Robert Brown, the Scottish botanist who first discovered the plant growing at Roslin near Edinburgh in the late 18th century whilst still a student. The plant can still be found at the site of its discovery.[6]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7706814 entry