Barbula unguiculata

Barbula unguiculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Bryophyta
Class:	Bryopsida
Subclass:	Dicranidae
Order:	Pottiales
Family:	Pottiaceae
Genus:	Barbula
Species:	B. unguiculata
Binomial name
	Barbula unguiculata; Hedw.
Synonyms
	List Barbula amoena Schumach. ; Barbula apiculata Hedw. ; Barbula aristata (Dicks.) Brid. ; Barbula dubia Schumach. ; Barbula ericetorum (Dicks. ex With.) P. Beauv. ; Barbula fastigiata Schultz ; Barbula gattefossei P. de la Varde ; Barbula himantina Besch. ; Barbula incerta Schumach. ; Barbula indigens (Renauld & Cardot) Renauld & Cardot ; Barbula linoides (Hedw.) Brid. ; Barbula mucronulata Hoffm. ex F. Weber & D. Mohr ; Barbula nervosa Crome ; Barbula ochracea Broth. ; Barbula saundersii Cardot & Thér. ; Barbula stricta Hedw. ; Barbula subunguiculata Schimp. ex Besch. ; Barbula tokyensis Besch. ; Barbula trichostomifolia Müll. Hal. ; Barbula unguiculata var. apiculata (Hedw.) Bruch & Schimp. ; Bryum aristatum Dicks. ; Bryum ericetorum Dicks. ex With. ; Bryum linoides Hedw. ; Bryum mucronulatum Dicks. ex With. ; Dialytrichia canariensis Bryhn ; Dicranum laxum Brid. ; Didymodon mildei Schimp. ; Orthopyxis aristata (Dicks.) P. Beauv. ; Orthopyxis barbata P. Beauv. ; Tortula dubia (Schumach.) P. Beauv. ; Tortula linoides (Hedw.) P. Beauv. ; Tortula tenuis P. Beauv. ; Trichostomum indigens Renauld & Cardot ; Trichostomum pensylvanicum Spreng. ;

Barbula unguiculata is a species of moss belonging to the family Pottiaceae.^[1]

Barbula unguiculata is known to be able to use artificial light to grow in places which are otherwise devoid of natural light, such as Niagara Cave^[2] and Crystal Cave in Wisconsin.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Barbula unguiculata Hedw". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
^ Thatcher, Edward P. (1947). "Observations on Bryophytes Living in an Artificially Illuminated Limestone Cave". The American Midland Naturalist. 37 (3): 797–800. doi:10.2307/2421476.
^ Thatcher, Edward P. (1949). "Bryophytes of an Artificially Illuminated Cave". The Bryologist. 52 (4): 212–214. doi:10.2307/3239480.

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