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Dicranoweisia crispula

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Dicranoweisia crispula
Dicranoweisia crispula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Rhabdoweisiales
Family: Rhabdoweisiaceae
Genus: Dicranoweisia
Species:
D. crispula
Binomial name
Dicranoweisia crispula

Dicranoweisia crispula, the mountain pincushion,[1] is a species of mosses that lives at both poles. It grows in the South Shetland Islands and on the Antarctic Peninsula.

References

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  1. ^ Edwards, Sean R. (2012). English Names for British Bryophytes. British Bryological Society Special Volume. Vol. 5 (4 ed.). Wootton, Northampton: British Bryological Society. ISBN 978-0-9561310-2-7. ISSN 0268-8034.