Biology:Bryocrumia

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Short description: Genus of mosses

Bryocrumia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Hypnales
Family: Hypnaceae
Genus: Bryocrumia
L.E.Anderson
Species:
B. vivicolor
Binomial name
Bryocrumia vivicolor
(Brotherus & Dixon) W.R.Buck
Synonyms
  • Taxithelium vivicolor Brotherus & Dixon
  • Bryocrumia andersonii (E.B.Bartram) L.E.Anderson
  • Glossadelphus andersonii E.B.Bartram
  • Glossadelphus vivicolor (Brotherus & Dixon) Brotherus
  • Taxiphyllum andersonii (E. B. Bartram) H. A. Crum

Bryocrumia vivicolor is a rheophytic species of moss belonging to the family Hypnaceae, and is the sole representative of the genus Bryocrumia.[1]

The genus has been found in moist, shady sites at moderate elevation in the United States , China , India , Sri Lanka, Kenya, Uganda, and Zaire.[2] Sporophytes were first observed in 2016 on collections in Yunnan.[3]

The genus was described by Lewis Edward Anderson in 1980.[1] It was named for bryologist Howard Alvin Crum.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q17289964 entry