Plagiomnium

Plagiomnium
Plagiomnium insigne
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Bryophyta
Class:	Bryopsida
Subclass:	Bryidae
Order:	Bryales
Family:	Mniaceae
Genus:	Plagiomnium T. J. Koponen

Plagiomnium is a genus of mosses in the family Mniaceae.^[1] It was formerly a part of a more encompassing genus Mnium and in 1968 Finnish bryologist Timo Juhani Koponen justified splitting the genus into a number of smaller genera.^[2]

Description

This genus is characterized by singly placed marginal teeth.^[3][4]

Plagiomnium are commonly found along shaded stream banks, seeps and springs, generally on soil with a high humus content.

Species

Four-toed salamander on unknown Plagiomnium moss

The genus Plagiomnium contains the following species:^[5]

• Plagiomnium acutum (Lindb.) T.J. Kop.
• Plagiomnium affine (Blandow ex Funck) T.J. Kop.
• Plagiomnium arbusculum (Müll. Hal.) T.J. Kop.
• Plagiomnium carolinianum (L.E. Anderson) T.J. Kop.
• Plagiomnium ciliare (Müll. Hal.) T.J. Kop.
• Plagiomnium cinclidioides (Huebener) M.C. Bowers
• Plagiomnium confertidens (Lindb. & Arnell) T.J. Kop.
• Plagiomnium cordatum T.J. Kop. & D.H. Norris
• Plagiomnium cuspidatum (Hedw.) T.J. Kop.
• Plagiomnium drummondii (Bruch & Schimp.) T.J. Kop.
• Plagiomnium ecklonii (Müll. Hal.) T.J. Kop.
• Plagiomnium elatum (Bruch & Schimp.) T.J. Kop.
• Plagiomnium elimbatum (M. Fleisch.) T.J. Kop.
• Plagiomnium ellipticum (Brid.) T.J. Kop.
• Plagiomnium insigne (Mitt.) T.J. Kop.
• Plagiomnium integroradiatum (Dixon) C. Gao & G.C. Zhang
• Plagiomnium integrum (Bosch & Sande Lac.) T.J. Kop.
• Plagiomnium japonicum (Lindb.) T.J. Kop.
• Plagiomnium kawadei (S. Okamura) Z. Iwats.
• Plagiomnium maximoviczii (Lindb.) T.J. Kop.
• Plagiomnium medium (Bruch & Schimp.) T.J. Kop.
• Plagiomnium novae-zealandiae (Colenso) T.J. Kop.
• Plagiomnium prorepens (Müll. Hal.) T.J. Kop.
• Plagiomnium rhynchophorum (Harv.) T.J. Kop.
• Plagiomnium rostratum (Schrad.) T.J. Kop.
• Plagiomnium rugicum (Laurer) T.J. Kop.
• Plagiomnium speciosum (Mitt.) M.C. Bowers
• Plagiomnium subelimbatum (Dixon) T.J. Kop.
• Plagiomnium succulentum (Mitt.) T.J. Kop.
• Plagiomnium tezukae (Sakurai) T.J. Kop.
• Plagiomnium trichomanes (Mitt.) T.J. Kop.
• Plagiomnium undulatum (Hedw.) T.J. Kop.
• Plagiomnium venustum (Mitt.) T.J. Kop.
• Plagiomnium vesicatum (Besch.) T.J. Kop.

References

1. "Plagiomnium". The Plant List. 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
2. "Plagiomnium T. Koponen, 1968". California Moss eFlora. University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
3. Plants of the Pacific Northwest coast : Washington, Oregon, British Columbia & Alaska. MacKinnon, A. (Andrew), 1956-, Pojar, Jim, 1948-, Alaback, Paul B. Richmond, Wash.: Lone Pine Publishing. 1994. ISBN 1-55105-040-4. OCLC 30357470.
4. "Flora of North America". eFlora. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
5. "Plagiomnium". World Flora Online. Retrieved 3 May 2020.