Biology:Vesicularia montagnei
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Short description: Species of moss
| Vesicularia montagnei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Bryidae |
| Order: | Hypnales |
| Family: | Hypnaceae |
| Genus: | Vesicularia |
| Species: | V. montagnei
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| Binomial name | |
| Vesicularia montagnei (Bel.) Fleisch.
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Vesicularia montagnei is a species of moss. It is used in planted aquariums as an ornamental underwater plant, commonly referred to as Christmas moss.[1][2][3][4]
It is found in Australia, China, Japan, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Sudan, and Vietnam.[5] In its natural habitat it grows in damp situations on rocks and the trunks of trees.[5]
References
- ↑ "Vesicularia montagnei". AquaScaping World. 2009. http://www.aquascapingworld.com/plantpedia/full_view_plant.php?item_id=114. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
- ↑ Lüth, M.. "Aquarium Bryophytes (Chapter 4)". Michigan Technological University. http://www.bryoecol.mtu.edu/chapters_VOL5/4Aquarium.pdf. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
- ↑ Redfearn, Paul L. Jr. (1990). "Tropical component of the Moss Flora of China". Tropical Bryology 2: 201–222. http://bryodiv.org/Articles/open/VOL2/redfearn.pdf. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
- ↑ Pant, Divya Darshan; Nautiyal, D.D. (1982). Studies on Living and Fossil Plants. Society of Plant Taxonomists. pp. 277 and 279. https://books.google.com/books?id=Cow_AAAAYAAJ&q=Vesicularia+montagnei. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Tropicos | Name - Vesicularia montagnei (Bél.) Broth". http://www.tropicos.org/Name/35126756?projectid=22.
Wikidata ☰ Q11088188 entry
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