Weissia multicapsularis

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Weissia multicapsularis

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Pottiales
Family: Pottiaceae
Genus: Weissia
Species:
W. multicapsularis
Binomial name
Weissia multicapsularis
(Sm.) Mitt.

Weissia multicapsularis, the many-fruited beardless-moss, is an ephemeral moss. It is critically endangered.[citation needed]

Distribution

It is found in France, Cornwall,[2] Wales,[3] and Turkey.[4] It grows on damp and muddy non-calcareous soils. It is found on banks hedges, and tracksides.

Taxonomy

It was named by William Mitten, in Ann. Mag. Nat. History, ser. 2 8: 317 in 1851.[5]

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