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{{Short description|Genus of mosses}}
{{Short description|Genus of mosses}}
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| image_caption = ''Rhynchostegium murale''
| image_caption = ''Rhynchostegium murale''
| taxon = Rhynchostegium
| taxon = Rhynchostegium
| authority = Bruch & Schimp. 1852<ref name=":0" />
| authority = Bruch & Schimp. 1852<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Hedenäs |first=Lars |title=RHYNCHOSTEGIUM |url=https://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/Mosses_online/Brachytheciaceae_Rhynchostegium.pdf |archive-url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/Mosses |archive-date=2012 |access-date=April 4, 2022 |website=Australian Mosses Online}}</ref>
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[[File:Rhynchostegium confertum 166122502.jpg|thumb|''Rhynchostegium confertum'' peristome.]]
[[File:Rhynchostegium confertum 166122502.jpg|thumb|''Rhynchostegium confertum'' peristome]]


'''''Rhynchostegium''''' is a genus of [[pleurocarpous]] [[mosses]] belonging to the family [[Brachytheciaceae]].<ref name="GBIF2">{{cite web |title=Rhynchostegium Bruch & Schimp. |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/7441919 |access-date=12 February 2021 |website=www.gbif.org |language=en}}</ref> The genus has a [[cosmopolitan distribution]] across different climatological regions except the polar regions, mostly in tropic to north temperate regions.<ref name="GBIF2" /><ref name=":0" /> The genus contains both aquatic and terrestrial species.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{cite web |title=Rhynchostegium in Flora of North America @ efloras.org |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=128500 |df=dmy-all |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=www.efloras.org}}</ref> The genus was named for their rostrate opercula.<ref name=":0" /> The type species of this genus is ''Rhynchostegium confertum'' (Dicks.) Schimp.<ref name=":0" />

'''''Rhynchostegium''''' is a genus of [[pleurocarpous]] [[mosses]] belonging to the family [[Brachytheciaceae]].<ref name="GBIF2">{{cite web |title=Rhynchostegium Bruch & Schimp. |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/7441919 |access-date=12 February 2021 |website=www.gbif.org |language=en}}</ref>. The genus has a [[cosmopolitan distribution]] across different climatological regions except the polar regions, mostly in tropic to north temperate regions.<ref name="GBIF2" /><ref name=":0" /> The genus contains both aquatic and terrestrial species.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Rhynchostegium in Flora of North America @ efloras.org |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=128500 |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=www.efloras.org}}</ref> The genus was named for their rostrate opercula.<ref name=":0" /> The type species of this genus is ''Rhynchostegium confertum'' (Dicks.) Schimp.<ref name=":0" />


== Etymology ==
== Etymology ==
The genus name comes from the Greek ''rhyncho-'' (beaked) and ''stegos'' (a lid), which refers to the rostrate operculum of the sporophyte.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Hedenäs |first=Lars |title=RHYNCHOSTEGIUM |url=https://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/Mosses_online/Brachytheciaceae_Rhynchostegium.pdf |archive-url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/Mosses |archive-date=2012 |access-date=April 4, 2022 |website=Australian Mosses Online}}</ref>
The genus name comes from the Greek ''rhyncho-'' (beaked) and ''stegos'' (a lid), which refers to the rostrate operculum of the sporophyte.<ref name=":0" />


== History ==
== History ==
The genus was first described by Bruch and [[Wilhelm Philippe Schimper]] in 1852.<ref name="GBIF2"></ref><ref name=":0" />
The genus was first described by Bruch and [[Wilhelm Philippe Schimper]] in 1852.<ref name="GBIF2" /><ref name=":0" />


== Habitats ==
== Habitats ==
Terrestrial species of ''Rhynchostegium'' live in moist to wet or shaded habitats, on rock, soil, tree base, tree stem, and logs.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last=Cezón |first=Katia |last2=Muñoz |first2=Jesús |last3=Hedenäs |first3=Lars |last4=Huttunen |first4=Sanna |date=2010-03-01 |title=Rhynchostegium confusum, a new species from the Iberian Peninsula and its relation to R. confertum based on morphological and molecular data |url=https://doi.org/10.1179/037366810X12578498135832 |journal=Journal of Bryology |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=1–8 |doi=10.1179/037366810X12578498135832 |issn=0373-6687}}</ref><ref name=":4" />
Terrestrial species of ''Rhynchostegium'' live in moist to wet or shaded habitats, on rock, soil, tree base, tree stem, and logs.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3">{{cite journal |last1=Cezón |first1=Katia |last2=Muñoz |first2=Jesús |last3=Hedenäs |first3=Lars |last4=Huttunen |first4=Sanna |df=dmy-all |date=2010-03-01 |title=Rhynchostegium confusum, a new species from the Iberian Peninsula and its relation to R. confertum based on morphological and molecular data |url=https://doi.org/10.1179/037366810X12578498135832 |journal=Journal of Bryology |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=1–8 |doi=10.1179/037366810X12578498135832 |s2cid=86836787 |issn=0373-6687}}</ref><ref name=":4" />


Aquatic species live by or in running water, including streams, springs, rivers, beds of waterfalls, and seepy cliffs.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kelly |first=M. G. |last2=Whitton |first2=B. A. |date=1987-12 |title=Growth rate of the aquatic moss Rhynchostegium riparioidesin Northern England |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2427.1987.tb01331.x |journal=Freshwater Biology |language=en |volume=18 |issue=3 |pages=461–468 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2427.1987.tb01331.x |issn=0046-5070}}</ref>
Aquatic species live by or in running water, including streams, springs, rivers, beds of waterfalls, and seepy cliffs.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kelly |first1=M. G. |last2=Whitton |first2=B. A. |date=December 1987 |title=Growth rate of the aquatic moss Rhynchostegium riparioidesin Northern England |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2427.1987.tb01331.x |journal=Freshwater Biology |language=en |volume=18 |issue=3 |pages=461–468 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2427.1987.tb01331.x |issn=0046-5070}}</ref>


== Morphology ==
== Morphology ==
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[[File:Rhynchostegium_murale_lamina.jpeg|thumb|Lamina of ''Rhynchostegium murale.'']]
[[File:Rhynchostegium_murale_lamina.jpeg|thumb|Lamina of ''Rhynchostegium murale.'']]
[[File:Rhynchostegium murale (d, 144728-474759) 2696.JPG|thumb|A Close view of ''Rhynchostegium murale'' sporangium. Rostrate operculum can be seen.]]
[[File:Rhynchostegium murale (d, 144728-474759) 2696.JPG|thumb|A Close view of ''Rhynchostegium murale'' sporangium. Rostrate operculum can be seen.]]
''Rhynchostegium'' are small to large mosses that form either loose tuft or extensive mats on the substrate, with irregular or regular branching.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> The younger plants are generally deep green or light green; aging plants could become whitish, brownish, or paler green.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />Stems are creeping and lack hyaloderm, with acute to acuminate pseudoparaphyllia<ref name=":2" />. Stem leaves are [[Plant morphology|erectopatent]] or [[Plant morphology|erect]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> Branch leaves are similar in morphology to stem leaves but smaller and sometimes narrower<ref name=":2" />. Leaves are commonly straightly to homomallously arranged; subimbricate, subcomplanate, or complanate arrangement are sometimes seen, especially in branch leaves.<ref name=":0" /> Leaf base, decurrent or not, varies from [[Glossary of leaf morphology|ovate]] to ovate-cordate, occasionally [[Glossary of leaf morphology|lanceolate]], and the narrowing from gradual to abrupt, towards a short- or long-[[acuminate]] apex, where sometimes a differentiated long acumen or apiculus is present.<ref name=":0" /> The leaves have a single costa that generally smoothly ends 35-75% up the leaf, and more often in branch leaves in an [[Abaxial (botany)|abaxial spine]].<ref name=":0" /> Leaf surfaces vary from flat to slightly concave and not to strongly longitudinally plicate, with little to some pores and linear laminal cells.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> Leaf margins are serrate to [[serrulate]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> Auxillary hairs constitute of 3-7 cells<ref name=":2" />, with 1-3 upper cells.<ref name=":0" /> Alar cells are slightly enlarged, and either undifferentiated or quadrate to elongate-rectangular.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />
''Rhynchostegium'' are small to large mosses that form either loose tuft or extensive mats on the substrate, with irregular or regular branching.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> The younger plants are generally deep green or light green; aging plants could become whitish, brownish, or paler green.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> Stems are creeping and lack hyaloderm, with acute to acuminate pseudoparaphyllia.<ref name=":2" /> Stem leaves are [[Plant morphology|erectopatent]] or [[Plant morphology|erect]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> Branch leaves are similar in morphology to stem leaves but smaller and sometimes narrower.<ref name=":2" /> Leaves are commonly straightly to homomallously arranged; subimbricate, subcomplanate, or complanate arrangement are sometimes seen, especially in branch leaves.<ref name=":0" /> Leaf base, decurrent or not, varies from [[Glossary of leaf morphology|ovate]] to ovate-cordate, occasionally [[Glossary of leaf morphology|lanceolate]], and the narrowing from gradual to abrupt, towards a short- or long-[[acuminate]] apex, where sometimes a differentiated long acumen or apiculus is present.<ref name=":0" /> The leaves have a single costa that generally smoothly ends 35-75% up the leaf, and more often in branch leaves in an [[Abaxial (botany)|abaxial spine]].<ref name=":0" /> Leaf surfaces vary from flat to slightly concave and not to strongly longitudinally plicate, with little to some pores and linear laminal cells.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> Leaf margins are serrate to [[serrulate]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> Axillary hairs constitute of 3-7 cells,<ref name=":2" /> with 1-3 upper cells.<ref name=":0" /> Alar cells are slightly enlarged, and either undifferentiated or quadrate to elongate-rectangular.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />


=== Sporophyte ===
=== Sporophyte ===
''Rhynchostegium'' are [[autoicous]].<ref name=":2" /> Covered by a naked calyptra is a rostrate to long-rostrate operculum attached to a red-brown to brown, oblong-cylindric, weakly curved capsule, which is inclined or horizontal to a red-brown, smooth seta that has abruptly contracted perichaetial leaves at the base, with acumen straight to reflexed.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> An annulus separates the operculum.<ref name=":2" /> The peristome is xerochastic and perfect, which the red to orange-red exostomes have reduced trabeculae and cross-striolae at the base of the teeth; in rare cases the exostomes are narrow and yellow.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> The broadly or narrowly perforated endostomes and developed to vestigial cilia are supported by a low or high basal membrane.<ref name=":0" /> Spore diameters range between 9-16 µm.<ref name=":2" />
''Rhynchostegium'' are [[autoicous]].<ref name=":2" /> Covered by a naked calyptra is a rostrate to long-rostrate operculum attached to a red-brown to brown, oblong-cylindric, weakly curved capsule, which is inclined or horizontal to a red-brown, smooth seta that has abruptly contracted perichaetial leaves at the base, with acumen straight to reflexed.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> An annulus separates the operculum.<ref name=":2" /> The peristome is xerochastic and perfect, which the red to orange-red exostomes have reduced trabeculae and cross-striolae at the base of the teeth; in rare cases the exostomes are narrow and yellow.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> The broadly or narrowly perforated endostomes and developed to vestigial cilia are supported by a low or high basal membrane.<ref name=":0" /> Spore diameters range between 9-16&nbsp;µm.<ref name=":2" />


== Biochemistry ==
== Biochemistry ==
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=== Allelopathy ===
=== Allelopathy ===


[[Allelopathy]] has been studied on ''Rhynchostegium pallidifolium'', which usually form pure colonies in their natural habitat<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal |last=Kato-Noguchi |first=Hisashi |last2=Seki |first2=Takahiro |last3=Shigemori |first3=Hideyuki |date=2010-04-15 |title=Allelopathy and allelopathic substance in the moss Rhynchostegium pallidifolium |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0176161709004672 |journal=Journal of Plant Physiology |language=en |volume=167 |issue=6 |pages=468–471 |doi=10.1016/j.jplph.2009.10.018 |issn=0176-1617}}</ref><ref name="GBIF">{{cite web |last=Kato-Noguchi, Seki |first=Hisashi, Takahiro |date=1 June, 2010 |title=Allelopathy of the moss Rhynchostegium pallidifolium and 3-hydroxy-β-ionone |url=https://doi.org/10.4161/psb.5.6.11642 |access-date=4 April 2022 |website=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.4161/psb.5.6.11642 |language=en}}</ref>. Methanol extract of ''R.pallidifolium'' represses the seedling of [[Lepidium sativum|cress]], [[alfalfa]], [[Lepidium sativum|lettuce]], [[Lolium multiflorum|ryegrass]], [[Phleum pratense|timothy]],and ''[[Digitaria sanguinalis]]'' in a concentration-dependent manner.<ref name=":5" /> A combination of [[Electrospray ionization|ESI-MS]] and [[1H NMR|<sup>1</sup>H NMR]] analyses identified the inhibitory chemical as [[3-hydroxy-β-ionone]].<ref name=":5" /> Further study showed a minimal 3-hydroxy-β-ionone concentration of 1 µM for the inhibition of cress hypocotyl growth, and 3 µM for cress root growth, while the endogenous concentration<ref name="GBIF" />. The presence of 3-hydroxy-β-ionone in their natural substrate and the growing medium suggested secretion to the environment, which may imply an important role of 3-hydroxy-β-ionone in competition with other plants and the forming of pure colonies.<ref name="GBIF" />
[[Allelopathy]] has been studied on ''Rhynchostegium pallidifolium'', which usually form pure colonies in their natural habitat.<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal |last1=Kato-Noguchi |first1=Hisashi |last2=Seki |first2=Takahiro |last3=Shigemori |first3=Hideyuki |date=2010-04-15 |df=dmy-all |title=Allelopathy and allelopathic substance in the moss Rhynchostegium pallidifolium |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0176161709004672 |journal=Journal of Plant Physiology |language=en |volume=167 |issue=6 |pages=468–471 |doi=10.1016/j.jplph.2009.10.018 |pmid=20018404 |issn=0176-1617}}</ref><ref name="GBIF">{{cite journal |author1=Hisashi Kato-Noguchi |author2=Takahiro Seki |date=1 June 2010 |title=Allelopathy of the moss Rhynchostegium pallidifolium and 3-hydroxy-β-ionone |url=https://doi.org/10.4161/psb.5.6.11642 |access-date=11 September 2023 |journal=Plant Signaling & Behavior |volume=5 |issue=6 |pages=702–704 |doi=10.4161/psb.5.6.11642 |pmid=20400848 |pmc=3001564 |language=en}}</ref> Methanol extract of ''R.pallidifolium'' represses the seedling of [[Lepidium sativum|cress]], [[alfalfa]], [[Lepidium sativum|lettuce]], [[Lolium multiflorum|ryegrass]], [[Phleum pratense|timothy]],and ''[[Digitaria sanguinalis]]'' in a concentration-dependent manner.<ref name=":5" /> A combination of [[Electrospray ionization|ESI-MS]] and [[1H NMR|<sup>1</sup>H NMR]] analyses identified the inhibitory chemical as [[3-hydroxy-β-ionone]].<ref name=":5" /> Further study showed a minimal 3-hydroxy-β-ionone concentration of 1 µM for the inhibition of cress hypocotyl growth, and 3 µM for cress root growth, while the endogenous concentration.<ref name="GBIF" /> The presence of 3-hydroxy-β-ionone in their natural substrate and the growing medium suggested secretion to the environment, which may imply an important role of 3-hydroxy-β-ionone in competition with other plants and the forming of pure colonies.<ref name="GBIF" />


=== Antibacterial ===
=== Antibacterial ===
[[File:Rhynchostegium_riparioides.jpeg|thumb|''Rhynchostegium riparioides'']]
[[File:Rhynchostegium_riparioides.jpeg|thumb|''Rhynchostegium riparioides'']]
Acetone extract of ''Rhynchostegium riparioides'' showed antibiotic activity on some Gram-negative bacteria, including ''[[Escherichia coli]]'', ''[[Proteus mirabilis]]'', ''[[Enterobacter cloacae|Entero-bacter cloacae]]'' and ''[[Pseudomonas aeruginosa|Pseudomonas]]'' ''[[Pseudomonas aeruginosa|aeruginosa]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Basile,Vuotto,Ielpo,Moscatiello,Ricciardi,Giordano,Castaldo Cobianchi |first=A., M. L. ,M. T. L. ,V. ,L. ,S. , R. |title=Antibacterial Activity inRhynchostegiumriparioides(Hedw.) Card. Extract (Bryophyta) |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(1998)12:1+%3CS146::AID-PTR278%3E3.0.CO;2-4 |journal=Phytotherapy Research |volume=12 |pages=S146-S148 |via=Wiley Online Library}}</ref>
Acetone extract of ''Rhynchostegium riparioides'' showed antibiotic activity on some Gram-negative bacteria, including ''[[Escherichia coli]]'', ''[[Proteus mirabilis]]'', ''[[Enterobacter cloacae|Entero-bacter cloacae]]'' and ''[[Pseudomonas aeruginosa|Pseudomonas]]'' ''[[Pseudomonas aeruginosa|aeruginosa]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=A. Basile |author2=M. L. Vuotto |author3=M. T. L. Ielpo |author4=V. Moscatiello |author5=L. Ricciardi |author6=S. Giordano |author7=R. Castaldo Cobianchi |title=Antibacterial Activity inRhynchostegiumriparioides(Hedw.) Card. Extract (Bryophyta) |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(1998)12:1+%3CS146::AID-PTR278%3E3.0.CO;2-4 |journal=Phytotherapy Research |year=1998 |volume=12 |issue=S1 |pages=S146–S148 |doi=10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(1998)12:1+<S146::AID-PTR278>3.0.CO;2-4 |s2cid=85109228 |via=Wiley Online Library |access-date=11 September 2023}}</ref>


Ethanolic extract of ''Rhynchostegium vagans'' showed similar effect on some Gram-negative bacteria and fungi, with performance superior to [[chloramphenicol]] and [[fluconazole]]. <ref>{{Cite journal |last=Negi |first=Kavita |last2=Chaturvedi |first2=Preeti |date=2016-01-01 |title=In vitro antimicrobial efficacy of Rhynchostegium vagans A. Jaeger (moss) against commonly occurring pathogenic microbes of Indian sub-tropics |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S222218081560977X |journal=Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease |language=en |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=10–14 |doi=10.1016/S2222-1808(15)60977-X |issn=2222-1808}}</ref>
Ethanolic extract of ''Rhynchostegium vagans'' showed similar effect on some Gram-negative bacteria and fungi, with performance superior to [[chloramphenicol]] and [[fluconazole]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Negi |first1=Kavita |last2=Chaturvedi |first2=Preeti |date=2016-01-01 |df=dmy-all |title=In vitro antimicrobial efficacy of Rhynchostegium vagans A. Jaeger (moss) against commonly occurring pathogenic microbes of Indian sub-tropics |journal=Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease |language=en |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=10–14 |doi=10.1016/S2222-1808(15)60977-X |issn=2222-1808|doi-access=free}}</ref>


== Applications ==
== Applications ==


=== Freshwater Monitoring ===
=== Freshwater monitoring ===
''[[Platyhypnidium riparioides|Rhynchostegium riparioides]]'' is used in monitoring of heavy metals concentration in freshwater in multiple regions around the world<ref>{{Cite journal |last=García-Álvaro |first=M. Angélica |last2=Martínez-Abaigar |first2=Javier |last3=Núñez-Olivera |first3=Encarnación |last4=Beaucourt |first4=Nathalie |date=2000-09 |title=Element Concentrations and Enrichment Ratios in the Aquatic Moss Rhynchostegium riparioides along the River Iregua (La Rioja, Northern Spain) |url=https://bioone.org/journals/the-bryologist/volume-103/issue-3/0007-2745_2000_103_0518_ECAERI_2.0.CO_2/Element-Concentrations-and-Enrichment-Ratios-in-the-Aquatic-Moss-Rhynchostegium/10.1639/0007-2745(2000)103[0518:ECAERI]2.0.CO;2.full |journal=The Bryologist |volume=103 |issue=3 |pages=518–533 |doi=10.1639/0007-2745(2000)103[0518:ECAERI]2.0.CO;2 |issn=0007-2745}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wehr |first=J. D. |last2=Whitton |first2=B. A. |date=1983-01-01 |title=Accumulation of heavy metals by aquatic mosses. 2: Rhynchostegium riparioides |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00027433 |journal=Hydrobiologia |language=en |volume=100 |issue=1 |pages=261–284 |doi=10.1007/BF00027433 |issn=1573-5117}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mouvet |first=Christophe |last2=Claveri |first2=Bruno |date=1999-02-01 |title=Localization of copper accumulated in Rhynchostegium riparioides using sequential chemical extraction |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304377098001107 |journal=Aquatic Botany |language=en |volume=63 |issue=1 |pages=1–10 |doi=10.1016/S0304-3770(98)00110-7 |issn=0304-3770}}</ref>, such as copper<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Claveri |first=B. |last2=Morhain |first2=E. |last3=Mouvet |first3=C. |date=1994-06-01 |title=A methodology for the assessment of accidental copper pollution using the aquatic moss Rhynchostegium riparioides |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0045653594901503 |journal=Chemosphere |language=en |volume=28 |issue=11 |pages=2001–2010 |doi=10.1016/0045-6535(94)90150-3 |issn=0045-6535}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Claveri |first=B. |last2=Mouvet |first2=C. |date=1995-04-01 |title=Temperature effects on copper uptake and CO2 assimilation by the aquatic moss Rhynchostegium riparioides |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00213108 |journal=Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology |language=en |volume=28 |issue=3 |pages=314–320 |doi=10.1007/BF00213108 |issn=1432-0703}}</ref>, zinc<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wehr |first=J. D. |last2=Kelly |first2=M. G. |last3=Whitton |first3=B. A. |date=1987-12-01 |title=Factors affecting accumulation and loss of zinc by the aquatic moss Rhynchostegium riparioides (Hedw.) C. Jens. |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0304377087900209 |journal=Aquatic Botany |language=en |volume=29 |issue=3 |pages=261–274 |doi=10.1016/0304-3770(87)90020-9 |issn=0304-3770}}</ref>. ''R. riparioides'' as a neutrophilous species has been used in monitoring water acidification.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Thiebaut |first=Gabrielle |last2=Vanderpoorten |first2=Alain |last3=Guerold |first3=François |last4=Boudot |first4=Jean-Pierre |last5=Muller |first5=Serge |date=1998-03-01 |title=Bryological patterns and streamwater acidification in the Vosges Mountains (N.E. France): An analysis tool for the survey of acidification processes |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653597003731 |journal=Chemosphere |language=en |volume=36 |issue=6 |pages=1275–1289 |doi=10.1016/S0045-6535(97)00373-1 |issn=0045-6535}}</ref>
''[[Platyhypnidium riparioides|Rhynchostegium riparioides]]'' is used in monitoring of heavy metals concentration in freshwater in multiple regions around the world,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=García-Álvaro |first1=M. Angélica |last2=Martínez-Abaigar |first2=Javier |last3=Núñez-Olivera |first3=Encarnación |last4=Beaucourt |first4=Nathalie |date=September 2000 |title=Element Concentrations and Enrichment Ratios in the Aquatic Moss Rhynchostegium riparioides along the River Iregua (La Rioja, Northern Spain) |url=https://bioone.org/journals/the-bryologist/volume-103/issue-3/0007-2745_2000_103_0518_ECAERI_2.0.CO_2/Element-Concentrations-and-Enrichment-Ratios-in-the-Aquatic-Moss-Rhynchostegium/10.1639/0007-2745(2000)103[0518:ECAERI]2.0.CO;2.full |journal=The Bryologist |volume=103 |issue=3 |pages=518–533 |doi=10.1639/0007-2745(2000)103[0518:ECAERI]2.0.CO;2 |s2cid=86302267 |issn=0007-2745|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Wehr |first1=J. D. |last2=Whitton |first2=B. A. |date=1983-01-01 |title=Accumulation of heavy metals by aquatic mosses. 2: Rhynchostegium riparioides |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00027433 |journal=Hydrobiologia |language=en |volume=100 |issue=1 |pages=261–284 |doi=10.1007/BF00027433 |s2cid=40247998 |issn=1573-5117}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Mouvet |first1=Christophe |last2=Claveri |first2=Bruno |date=1999-02-01 |title=Localization of copper accumulated in Rhynchostegium riparioides using sequential chemical extraction |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304377098001107 |journal=Aquatic Botany |language=en |volume=63 |issue=1 |pages=1–10 |doi=10.1016/S0304-3770(98)00110-7 |issn=0304-3770|url-access=subscription }}</ref> such as copper,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Claveri |first1=B. |last2=Morhain |first2=E. |last3=Mouvet |first3=C. |date=1994-06-01 |title=A methodology for the assessment of accidental copper pollution using the aquatic moss Rhynchostegium riparioides |url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0045-6535%2894%2990150-3 |journal=Chemosphere |language=en |volume=28 |issue=11 |pages=2001–2010 |doi=10.1016/0045-6535(94)90150-3 |bibcode=1994Chmsp..28.2001C |issn=0045-6535|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Claveri |first1=B. |last2=Mouvet |first2=C. |date=1995-04-01 |title=Temperature effects on copper uptake and CO2 assimilation by the aquatic moss Rhynchostegium riparioides |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00213108 |journal=Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology |language=en |volume=28 |issue=3 |pages=314–320 |doi=10.1007/BF00213108 |s2cid=94456028 |issn=1432-0703}}</ref> zinc.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Wehr |first1=J. D. |last2=Kelly |first2=M. G. |last3=Whitton |first3=B. A. |date=1987-12-01 |title=Factors affecting accumulation and loss of zinc by the aquatic moss Rhynchostegium riparioides (Hedw.) C. Jens. |url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-3770%2887%2990020-9 |journal=Aquatic Botany |language=en |volume=29 |issue=3 |pages=261–274 |doi=10.1016/0304-3770(87)90020-9 |issn=0304-3770}}</ref> ''R. riparioides'' as a neutrophilous species has been used in monitoring water acidification.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Thiebaut |first1=Gabrielle |last2=Vanderpoorten |first2=Alain |last3=Guerold |first3=François |last4=Boudot |first4=Jean-Pierre |last5=Muller |first5=Serge |date=1998-03-01 |title=Bryological patterns and streamwater acidification in the Vosges Mountains (N.E. France): An analysis tool for the survey of acidification processes |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653597003731 |journal=Chemosphere |language=en |volume=36 |issue=6 |pages=1275–1289 |doi=10.1016/S0045-6535(97)00373-1 |bibcode=1998Chmsp..36.1275T |issn=0045-6535|url-access=subscription }}</ref>


== List of species ==
== List of species ==
The World Flora Online lists 221 species of ''Rhynchostegium.''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Search |url=http://www.worldfloraonline.org/search?query=Rhynchostegium |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=www.worldfloraonline.org}}</ref>
The World Flora Online lists 221 species of ''Rhynchostegium.''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Search |url=http://www.worldfloraonline.org/search?query=Rhynchostegium |df=dmy-all |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=www.worldfloraonline.org}}</ref>
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* ''[[Rhynchostegium acanthophyllum]]'' <small>(Mont.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium acicula]]'' <small>(Broth.) Broth.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium acutifolium]]'' <small>(Hook. f. & Wilson) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium alboviridum]]'' <small>R.S. Williams</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium algirianum]]'' <small>(Brid. ex P. Beauv.) Lindb.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium alopecuroides]]'' <small>(Brid.) A.J.E. Sm.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium altisetum]]'' <small>Müll. Hal.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium ambiguum]]'' <small>(Schwägr.) W.R. Buck</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium anceps]]'' <small>(Bosch & Sande Lac.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium aneuron]]'' <small>Kindb.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium angustifolium]]'' <small>Renauld & Cardot</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium apophysatum]]'' <small>(Hornsch.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium aquaticum]]'' <small>A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium arcticum]]'' <small>(I. Hagen) Ignatov & Huttunen</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium asperisetum]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium assumptionis]]'' <small>Besch.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium bello-intricatum]]'' <small>(Broth.) Paris</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium bequaertii]]'' <small>Thér. & Naveau</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium berteroanum]]'' <small>(Mont.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium beskeanum]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium bifariellum]]'' <small>(Kindb.) Kindb.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium brachypterum]]'' <small>(Hornsch.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium brachypyxis]]'' <small>Renauld & Cardot</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium brachythecioides]]'' <small>Dixon & P. de la Varde</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium brandegei]]'' <small>(Austin) Renauld & Cardot</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium brevicuspis]]'' <small>Müll. Hal.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium brevinerve]]'' <small>Huttunen & Ignatov</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium brevirete]]'' <small>Broth.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium buluense]]'' <small>(Broth.) Paris</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium cacticola]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal.) Paris</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium calderi]]'' <small>Vohra</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium caloosiense]]'' <small>(Austin) Renauld & Cardot</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium campylocarpum]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal.) De Not.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium campylocladulum]]'' <small>Müll. Hal.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium cataractarum]]'' <small>Thér. & P. de la Varde</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium celebicum]]'' <small>(Sande Lac.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium chrysophylloides]]'' <small>A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium circinatum]]'' <small>(Brid.) De Not.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium cirrosum]]'' <small>(Schwägr.) De Not.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium collatum]]'' <small>(Hook. & Wilson) Broth. & Watts</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium comorae]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium complanum]]'' <small>(Mitt.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium compridense]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal. ex Broth.) Paris</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium conchophyllum]]'' <small>(Taylor) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium confertum]]'' <small>(Dicks.) Schimp.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium confusum]]'' <small>Cezón, J. Muñoz, Hedenäs & Huttunen</small><ref name=":3" />
* ''[[Rhynchostegium congruens]]'' <small>(Hampe) Mitt.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium conostomus]]'' <small>(Mont.) Huttunen & Ignatov</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium contortulum]]'' <small>Tixier</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium contractum]]'' <small>Cardot</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium crassinervium]]'' <small>(Taylor) De Not.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium cylindritheca]]'' <small>Dixon</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium dasyphyllum]]'' <small>Müll. Hal.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium delicatulum]]'' <small>James</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium demissum]]'' <small>(Wilson) Schimp.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium dentiferum]]'' <small>(Hampe) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium deplanatum]]'' <small>(Bruch & Schimp. ex Sull.) Kindb.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium depressum]]'' <small>(Brid.) Schimp.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium distans]]'' <small>Besch.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium distratum]]'' <small>(Hampe) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium drepanocladioides]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal.) Kindb.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium duthiei]]'' <small>Müll. Hal. ex Dixon</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium elusum]]'' <small>(Mitt.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium erythropodium]]'' <small>(Hampe) Mitt.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium esquirolii]]'' <small>Cardot & Thér.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium exiguum]]'' <small>(Blandow) Brockm.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium exilissimum]]'' <small>(Sull.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium fabroniadelphus]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium fauriei]]'' <small>Cardot</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium finitimum]]'' <small>(Hampe) Ångström</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium fissidens]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal.) Kindb.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium fissidentellum]]'' <small>Besch.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium fragilicuspis]]'' <small>Dixon</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium fuegianum]]'' <small>(Cardot) Huttunen & Ignatov</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium funckii]]'' <small>(Schimp.) De Not.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium gaudichaudii]]'' <small>(Mont.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium georgianum]]'' <small>Dixon & Grout</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium glaucovirescens]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal.) Kindb.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium globipyxis]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal.) Kindb.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium gracilipes]]'' <small>Thér.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium graminicolor]]'' <small>(Brid.) A.L. Andrews</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium herbaceum]]'' <small>(Mitt.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium hians]]'' <small>(Hedw.) Delogne</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium homaliocaulon]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal.) Kindb.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium hookeri]]'' <small>A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium hopfferi]]'' <small>(Welw. & Duby) A. Gepp</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium horridum]]'' <small>Broth.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium huitomalconum]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal.) Besch.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium humillimum]]'' <small>(Mitt.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium hunanense]]'' <small>Ignatov & Huttunen</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium huttonii]]'' <small>(Hampe ex Beckett) Paris</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium illecebrum]]'' <small>(Schimp.) Delogne</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium inaequale]]'' <small>Dixon</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium inclinatum]]'' <small>(Mitt.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium inerme]]'' <small>(Mitt.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium irriguum]]'' <small>Dixon</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium isopterygioides]]'' <small>Cardot</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium jamesii]]'' <small>Sull.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium javanicum]]'' <small>(Bél.) Besch.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium jovet-astiae]]'' <small>Bizot</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium laevisetum]]'' <small>(Geh.) Mitt.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium lamasicum]]'' <small>(Spruce ex Mitt.) Besch.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium laxatum]]'' <small>(Mitt.) Paris</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium laxirete]]'' <small>Broth.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium leptoblastum]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal.) Kindb.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium leptomerocarpum]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal.) Besch.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium leptopteridium]]'' <small>Müll. Hal.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium leucodictyon]]'' <small>Müll. Hal.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium lindmanii]]'' <small>(Broth.) Paris</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium lusitanicum]]'' <small>(Kindb.) Broth.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium luteonitens]]'' <small>(Welw. & Duby) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium mac-owanianum]]'' <small>Paris</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium malmei]]'' <small>(Broth.) Paris</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium megapolitanum]]'' <small>(Blandow ex F. Weber & D. Mohr) Schimp.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium membranaceum]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal.) Broth.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium menadense]]'' <small>(Sande Lac.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium meridionale]]'' <small>(Schimp.) De Not.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium micans]]'' <small>(Sw.) Austin</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium microthamnioides]]'' <small>Müll. Hal.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium minutum]]'' <small>Müll. Hal.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium muelleri]]'' <small>A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium murale]]'' <small>(Hedw.) Schimp.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium muriculatum]]'' <small>(Hook. f. & Wilson) Reichardt</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium mutatum]]'' <small>(Ochyra & Vanderp.) Huttunen & Ignatov</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium myosuroides]]'' <small>(Brid.) De Not.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium nanopennatum]]'' <small>(Broth.) Kindb.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium nanothecium]]'' <small>Müll. Hal. ex Dixon</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium nervosum]]'' <small>(Kiaer ex Renauld) Broth. ex Cardot</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium nigrescens]]'' <small>Besch.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium oblongifolium]]'' <small>Broth. & Watts</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium obtusatum]]'' <small>Broth.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium obtusifolium]]'' <small>(Mitt.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium occultum]]'' <small>Larraín, Huttunen, Ignatova & Ignatov</small><ref name=":4">{{cite journal |author1=JUAN BERNARDO LARRAÍN |author2=SANNA HUTTUNEN |author3=ELENA IGNATOVA |author4=MICHAEL IGNATOV |date=23 July 2020 |title=Rhynchostegium occultum (Brachytheciaceae), a new species from relict forests of central Chile |url=https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.453.3.3 |journal=Phytotaxa |volume=453 |issue=3 |pages=199–217 |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.453.3.3 |s2cid=225464571 |access-date=11 September 2023}}</ref>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium omocrates]]'' <small>W.R. Buck</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium ovalfolium]]'' <small>S. Okamura</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium oxyodon]]'' <small>(Welw. & Duby) A. Gepp</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium pallidifolium]]'' <small>(Mitt.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium pallidius]]'' <small>(Hampe) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium pampae]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal.) Kindb.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium parvulum]]'' <small>Broth.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium patulifolium]]'' <small>Cardot & Thér.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium patulum]]'' <small>A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium pectinatum]]'' <small>(Mitt.) Paris</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium pellucidum]]'' <small>Dixon</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium pendulum]]'' <small>(Brid.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium peruviense]]'' <small>(R.S. Williams) Ochyra</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium pervilleanum]]'' <small>(Schimp.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium philippinense]]'' <small>(Duby) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium piliferum]]'' <small>(Hedw.) De Not.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium pinnicaule]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal.) Kindb.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium plagiotheciella]]'' <small>Müll. Hal.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium planifolium]]'' <small>Müll. Hal.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium planiusculum]]'' <small>(Mitt.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium praecox]]'' <small>(Hedw.) De Not.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium praelongum]]'' <small>(Hedw.) De Not.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium pringlei]]'' <small>Cardot</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium pseudoconfertum]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium pseudodistans]]'' <small>Cardot</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium pseudomurale]]'' <small>(Hampe) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium pseudoserrulatum]]'' <small>(Kindb.) Kindb.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium psilopodium]]'' <small>Ignatov & Huttunen</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium pulchellum]]'' <small>(Hedw.) H. Rob.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium pumilum]]'' <small>(Wilson) De Not.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium raphidorrhynchum]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium recurvans]]'' <small>(Michx.) Besch.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium revelstokense]]'' <small>(Kindb.) Kindb.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium riparioides]]'' <small>(Hedw.) Cardot</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium rivale]]'' <small>(Hampe) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium robustum]]'' <small>W.R. Buck</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium rotundifolium]]'' <small>(Scop. ex Brid.) Schimp.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium royae]]'' <small>(Austin) Renauld & Cardot</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium ruvenzorense]]'' <small>(Broth.) Paris</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium santaiense]]'' <small>(Broth. & Paris) Broth.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium sarcoblastum]]'' <small>Broth. & Paris</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium savatieri]]'' <small>Paris</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium scariosum]]'' <small>(Taylor) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium selaginellifolium]]'' <small>Müll. Hal.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium sellowii]]'' <small>(Hornsch.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium semiscabrum]]'' <small>(E.B. Bartram) H. Rob.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium semitortulum]]'' <small>Kindb.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium semitortum]]'' <small>A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium senodictyon]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium serpenticaule]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal.) Broth.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium serrulatum]]'' <small>(Hedw.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium shawii]]'' <small>Hutsemekers & Vanderp.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium sinense]]'' <small>(Broth. & Paris) Broth.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium sparsirameum]]'' <small>(Geh. & Hampe) Paris</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium stokesii]]'' <small>(Turner) De Not.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium stramineoides]]'' <small>(Sauerb.) Wijk & Margad.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium striatum]]'' <small>(Schreb. ex Hedw.) De Not.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium strigosum]]'' <small>(Hoffm. ex F. Weber & D. Mohr) De Not.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium strongylense]]'' <small>(Bott.) W.R. Buck & Privitera</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium styriacum]]'' <small>(Limpr.) Kindb.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium subacutifolium]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal. ex Geh.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium subbrachypterum]]'' <small>Broth. & Bryhn</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium subclavatum]]'' <small>(Hampe) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium subconfertum]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium subenerve]]'' <small>A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium submenadense]]'' <small>Thér. & P. de la Varde</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium subperspicuum]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal.) Broth.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium subrectocarpum]]'' <small>(Dixon) Vohra</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium subrotundum]]'' <small>(Hampe) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium subrusciforme]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium subserrulatum]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium subspeciosum]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal.) Müll. Hal.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium subtrachypterum]]'' <small>Bryhn ex P. Syd.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium surrectum]]'' <small>(Mitt.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium taphrophilum]]'' <small>Müll. Hal.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium tenellum]]'' <small>(Dicks.) Schimp.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium tenuifolium]]'' <small>(Hedw.) Reichardt</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium tenuivagum]]'' <small>(Broth.) Paris</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium tocaremae]]'' <small>(Hampe) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium trachynotum]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal.) Kindb.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium trachypelma]]'' <small>(Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium trieblingii]]'' <small>Müll. Hal.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium tubaronense]]'' <small>Müll. Hal.</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium ulicon]]'' <small>(Taylor) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium validum]]'' <small>(Herzog) Ochyra</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium vitianum]]'' <small>E.B. Bartram & Dixon</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium volkensii]]'' <small>(Broth.) Paris</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium vriesei]]'' <small>(Dozy & Molk.) A. Jaeger</small>
* ''[[Rhynchostegium zeyheri]]'' <small>(Spreng. ex Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger</small>
{{div col end}}


==References==
* ''[[Rhynchostegium acanthophyllum]]'' (Mont.) A. Jaeger
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* ''[[Rhynchostegium acicula]]'' (Broth.) Broth.
* ''Rhynchostegium acutifolium'' (Hook. f. & Wilson) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium alboviridum'' R.S. Williams
* ''Rhynchostegium algirianum'' (Brid. ex P. Beauv.) Lindb.
* ''Rhynchostegium alopecuroides'' (Brid.) A.J.E. Sm.
* ''Rhynchostegium altisetum'' Müll. Hal.
* ''Rhynchostegium ambiguum'' (Schwägr.) W.R. Buck
* ''Rhynchostegium anceps'' (Bosch & Sande Lac.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium aneuron'' Kindb.
* ''[[Rhynchostegium angustifolium]]'' Renauld & Cardot
* ''Rhynchostegium apophysatum'' (Hornsch.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium aquaticum'' A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium arcticum'' (I. Hagen) Ignatov & Huttunen
* ''Rhynchostegium asperisetum'' (Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium assumptionis'' Besch.
* ''Rhynchostegium bello-intricatum'' (Broth.) Paris
* ''Rhynchostegium bequaertii'' Thér. & Naveau
* ''Rhynchostegium berteroanum'' (Mont.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium beskeanum'' (Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium bifariellum'' (Kindb.) Kindb.
* ''Rhynchostegium brachypterum'' (Hornsch.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium brachypyxis'' Renauld & Cardot
* ''Rhynchostegium brachythecioides'' Dixon & P. de la Varde
* ''Rhynchostegium brandegei'' (Austin) Renauld & Cardot
* ''Rhynchostegium brevicuspis'' Müll. Hal.
* ''Rhynchostegium brevinerve'' Huttunen & Ignatov
* ''Rhynchostegium brevirete'' Broth.
* ''Rhynchostegium buluense'' (Broth.) Paris
* ''Rhynchostegium cacticola'' (Müll. Hal.) Paris
* ''Rhynchostegium calderi'' Vohra
* ''Rhynchostegium caloosiense'' (Austin) Renauld & Cardot
* ''Rhynchostegium campylocarpum'' (Müll. Hal.) De Not.
* ''Rhynchostegium campylocladulum'' Müll. Hal.
* ''Rhynchostegium cataractarum'' Thér. & P. de la Varde
* ''Rhynchostegium celebicum'' (Sande Lac.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium chrysophylloides'' A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium circinatum'' (Brid.) De Not.
* ''Rhynchostegium cirrosum'' (Schwägr.) De Not.
* ''Rhynchostegium collatum'' (Hook. & Wilson) Broth. & Watts
* ''Rhynchostegium comorae'' (Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium complanum'' (Mitt.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium compridense'' (Müll. Hal. ex Broth.) Paris
* ''Rhynchostegium conchophyllum'' (Taylor) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium confertum'' (Dicks.) Schimp.
* ''Rhynchostegium confusum'' Cezón, J. Muñoz, Hedenäs & Huttunen<ref name=":3" />
* ''Rhynchostegium congruens'' (Hampe) Mitt.
* ''Rhynchostegium conostomus'' (Mont.) Huttunen & Ignatov
* ''Rhynchostegium contortulum'' Tixier
* ''Rhynchostegium contractum'' Cardot
* ''Rhynchostegium crassinervium'' (Taylor) De Not.
* ''Rhynchostegium cylindritheca'' Dixon
* ''Rhynchostegium dasyphyllum'' Müll. Hal.
* ''Rhynchostegium delicatulum'' James
* ''Rhynchostegium demissum'' (Wilson) Schimp.
* ''Rhynchostegium dentiferum'' (Hampe) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium deplanatum'' (Bruch & Schimp. ex Sull.) Kindb.
* ''Rhynchostegium depressum'' (Brid.) Schimp.
* ''Rhynchostegium distans'' Besch.
* ''Rhynchostegium distratum'' (Hampe) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium drepanocladioides'' (Müll. Hal.) Kindb.
* ''Rhynchostegium duthiei'' Müll. Hal. ex Dixon
* ''Rhynchostegium elusum'' (Mitt.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium erythropodium'' (Hampe) Mitt.
* ''Rhynchostegium esquirolii'' Cardot & Thér.
* ''Rhynchostegium exiguum'' (Blandow) Brockm.
* ''Rhynchostegium exilissimum'' (Sull.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium fabroniadelphus'' (Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium fauriei'' Cardot
* ''Rhynchostegium finitimum'' (Hampe) Ångström
* ''Rhynchostegium fissidens'' (Müll. Hal.) Kindb.
* ''Rhynchostegium fissidentellum'' Besch.
* ''Rhynchostegium fragilicuspis'' Dixon
* ''Rhynchostegium fuegianum'' (Cardot) Huttunen & Ignatov
* ''Rhynchostegium funckii'' (Schimp.) De Not.
* ''Rhynchostegium gaudichaudii'' (Mont.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium georgianum'' Dixon & Grout
* ''Rhynchostegium glaucovirescens'' (Müll. Hal.) Kindb.
* ''Rhynchostegium globipyxis'' (Müll. Hal.) Kindb.
* ''Rhynchostegium gracilipes'' Thér.
* ''Rhynchostegium graminicolor'' (Brid.) A.L. Andrews
* ''Rhynchostegium herbaceum'' (Mitt.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium hians'' (Hedw.) Delogne
* ''Rhynchostegium homaliocaulon'' (Müll. Hal.) Kindb.
* ''Rhynchostegium hookeri'' A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium hopfferi'' (Welw. & Duby) A. Gepp
* ''Rhynchostegium horridum'' Broth.
* ''Rhynchostegium huitomalconum'' (Müll. Hal.) Besch.
* ''Rhynchostegium humillimum'' (Mitt.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium hunanense'' Ignatov & Huttunen
* ''Rhynchostegium huttonii'' (Hampe ex Beckett) Paris
* ''Rhynchostegium illecebrum'' (Schimp.) Delogne
* ''Rhynchostegium inaequale'' Dixon
* ''Rhynchostegium inclinatum'' (Mitt.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium inerme'' (Mitt.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium irriguum'' Dixon
* ''Rhynchostegium isopterygioides'' Cardot
* ''Rhynchostegium jamesii'' Sull.
* ''Rhynchostegium javanicum'' (Bél.) Besch.
* ''Rhynchostegium jovet-astiae'' Bizot
* ''Rhynchostegium laevisetum'' (Geh.) Mitt.
* ''Rhynchostegium lamasicum'' (Spruce ex Mitt.) Besch.
* ''Rhynchostegium laxatum'' (Mitt.) Paris
* ''Rhynchostegium laxirete'' Broth.
* ''Rhynchostegium leptoblastum'' (Müll. Hal.) Kindb.
* ''Rhynchostegium leptomerocarpum'' (Müll. Hal.) Besch.
* ''Rhynchostegium leptopteridium'' Müll. Hal.
* ''Rhynchostegium leucodictyon'' Müll. Hal.
* ''Rhynchostegium lindmanii'' (Broth.) Paris
* ''Rhynchostegium lusitanicum'' (Kindb.) Broth.
* ''Rhynchostegium luteonitens'' (Welw. & Duby) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium mac-owanianum'' Paris
* ''Rhynchostegium malmei'' (Broth.) Paris
* ''Rhynchostegium megapolitanum'' (Blandow ex F. Weber & D. Mohr) Schimp.
* ''Rhynchostegium membranaceum'' (Müll. Hal.) Broth.
* ''Rhynchostegium menadense'' (Sande Lac.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium meridionale'' (Schimp.) De Not.
* ''Rhynchostegium micans'' (Sw.) Austin
* ''Rhynchostegium microthamnioides'' Müll. Hal.
* ''Rhynchostegium minutum'' Müll. Hal.
* ''Rhynchostegium muelleri'' A. Jaeger
* ''[[Rhynchostegium murale]]'' (Hedw.) Schimp.
* ''Rhynchostegium muriculatum'' (Hook. f. & Wilson) Reichardt
* ''Rhynchostegium mutatum'' (Ochyra & Vanderp.) Huttunen & Ignatov
* ''Rhynchostegium myosuroides'' (Brid.) De Not.
* ''Rhynchostegium nanopennatum'' (Broth.) Kindb.
* ''Rhynchostegium nanothecium'' Müll. Hal. ex Dixon
* ''Rhynchostegium nervosum'' (Kiaer ex Renauld) Broth. ex Cardot
* ''Rhynchostegium nigrescens'' Besch.
* ''Rhynchostegium oblongifolium'' Broth. & Watts
* ''Rhynchostegium obtusatum'' Broth.
* ''Rhynchostegium obtusifolium'' (Mitt.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium occultum'' Larraín, Huttunen, Ignatova & Ignatov<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal |last=LARRAÍN,HUTTUNEN,IGNATOVA, IGNATOV |first=JUAN,SANNA,ELENA,MICHAEL |date=July 23, 2020 |title=Rhynchostegium occultum (Brachytheciaceae), a new species from relict forests of central Chile |url=https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.453.3.3 |journal=Phytotaxa |volume=453 No. 3 |pages=199-217}}</ref>
* ''Rhynchostegium omocrates'' W.R. Buck
* ''Rhynchostegium ovalfolium'' S. Okamura
* ''Rhynchostegium oxyodon'' (Welw. & Duby) A. Gepp
* ''Rhynchostegium pallidifolium'' (Mitt.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium pallidius'' (Hampe) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium pampae'' (Müll. Hal.) Kindb.
* ''Rhynchostegium parvulum'' Broth.
* ''Rhynchostegium patulifolium'' Cardot & Thér.
* ''Rhynchostegium patulum'' A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium pectinatum'' (Mitt.) Paris
* ''Rhynchostegium pellucidum'' Dixon
* ''Rhynchostegium pendulum'' (Brid.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium peruviense'' (R.S. Williams) Ochyra
* ''Rhynchostegium pervilleanum'' (Schimp.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium philippinense'' (Duby) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium piliferum'' (Hedw.) De Not.
* ''Rhynchostegium pinnicaule'' (Müll. Hal.) Kindb.
* ''Rhynchostegium plagiotheciella'' Müll. Hal.
* ''Rhynchostegium planifolium'' Müll. Hal.
* ''Rhynchostegium planiusculum'' (Mitt.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium praecox'' (Hedw.) De Not.
* ''Rhynchostegium praelongum'' (Hedw.) De Not.
* ''Rhynchostegium pringlei'' Cardot
* ''Rhynchostegium pseudoconfertum'' (Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium pseudodistans'' Cardot
* ''Rhynchostegium pseudomurale'' (Hampe) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium pseudoserrulatum'' (Kindb.) Kindb.
* ''Rhynchostegium psilopodium'' Ignatov & Huttunen
* ''Rhynchostegium pulchellum'' (Hedw.) H. Rob.
* ''Rhynchostegium pumilum'' (Wilson) De Not.
* ''Rhynchostegium raphidorrhynchum'' (Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium recurvans'' (Michx.) Besch.
* ''Rhynchostegium revelstokense'' (Kindb.) Kindb.
* ''Rhynchostegium riparioides'' (Hedw.) Cardot
* ''Rhynchostegium rivale'' (Hampe) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium robustum'' W.R. Buck
* ''Rhynchostegium rotundifolium'' (Scop. ex Brid.) Schimp.
* ''Rhynchostegium royae'' (Austin) Renauld & Cardot
* ''Rhynchostegium ruvenzorense'' (Broth.) Paris
* ''Rhynchostegium santaiense'' (Broth. & Paris) Broth.
* ''Rhynchostegium sarcoblastum'' Broth. & Paris
* ''Rhynchostegium savatieri'' Paris
* ''Rhynchostegium scariosum'' (Taylor) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium selaginellifolium'' Müll. Hal.
* ''Rhynchostegium sellowii'' (Hornsch.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium semiscabrum'' (E.B. Bartram) H. Rob.
* ''Rhynchostegium semitortulum'' Kindb.
* ''Rhynchostegium semitortum'' A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium senodictyon'' (Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium serpenticaule'' (Müll. Hal.) Broth.
* ''Rhynchostegium serrulatum'' (Hedw.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium shawii'' Hutsemekers & Vanderp.
* ''Rhynchostegium sinense'' (Broth. & Paris) Broth.
* ''Rhynchostegium sparsirameum'' (Geh. & Hampe) Paris
* ''Rhynchostegium stokesii'' (Turner) De Not.
* ''Rhynchostegium stramineoides'' (Sauerb.) Wijk & Margad.
* ''Rhynchostegium striatum'' (Schreb. ex Hedw.) De Not.
* ''Rhynchostegium strigosum'' (Hoffm. ex F. Weber & D. Mohr) De Not.
* ''Rhynchostegium strongylense'' (Bott.) W.R. Buck & Privitera
* ''Rhynchostegium styriacum'' (Limpr.) Kindb.
* ''Rhynchostegium subacutifolium'' (Müll. Hal. ex Geh.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium subbrachypterum'' Broth. & Bryhn
* ''Rhynchostegium subclavatum'' (Hampe) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium subconfertum'' (Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium subenerve'' A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium submenadense'' Thér. & P. de la Varde
* ''Rhynchostegium subperspicuum'' (Müll. Hal.) Broth.
* ''Rhynchostegium subrectocarpum'' (Dixon) Vohra
* ''Rhynchostegium subrotundum'' (Hampe) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium subrusciforme'' (Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium subserrulatum'' (Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium subspeciosum'' (Müll. Hal.) Müll. Hal.
* ''Rhynchostegium subtrachypterum'' Bryhn ex P. Syd.
* ''Rhynchostegium surrectum'' (Mitt.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium taphrophilum'' Müll. Hal.
* ''Rhynchostegium tenellum'' (Dicks.) Schimp.
* ''Rhynchostegium tenuifolium'' (Hedw.) Reichardt
* ''Rhynchostegium tenuivagum'' (Broth.) Paris
* ''Rhynchostegium tocaremae'' (Hampe) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium trachynotum'' (Müll. Hal.) Kindb.
* ''Rhynchostegium trachypelma'' (Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium trieblingii'' Müll. Hal.
* ''Rhynchostegium tubaronense'' Müll. Hal.
* ''Rhynchostegium ulicon'' (Taylor) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium validum'' (Herzog) Ochyra
* ''Rhynchostegium vitianum'' E.B. Bartram & Dixon
* ''Rhynchostegium volkensii'' (Broth.) Paris
* ''Rhynchostegium vriesei'' (Dozy & Molk.) A. Jaeger
* ''Rhynchostegium zeyheri'' (Spreng. ex Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger


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Rhynchostegium
Rhynchostegium murale
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Hypnales
Family: Brachytheciaceae
Genus: Rhynchostegium
Bruch & Schimp. 1852[1]
Rhynchostegium confertum peristome

Rhynchostegium is a genus of pleurocarpous mosses belonging to the family Brachytheciaceae.[2] The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution across different climatological regions except the polar regions, mostly in tropic to north temperate regions.[2][1] The genus contains both aquatic and terrestrial species.[1][3] The genus was named for their rostrate opercula.[1] The type species of this genus is Rhynchostegium confertum (Dicks.) Schimp.[1]

Etymology

The genus name comes from the Greek rhyncho- (beaked) and stegos (a lid), which refers to the rostrate operculum of the sporophyte.[1]

History

The genus was first described by Bruch and Wilhelm Philippe Schimper in 1852.[2][1]

Habitats

Terrestrial species of Rhynchostegium live in moist to wet or shaded habitats, on rock, soil, tree base, tree stem, and logs.[1][4][5]

Aquatic species live by or in running water, including streams, springs, rivers, beds of waterfalls, and seepy cliffs.[3][6]

Morphology

Gametophyte

Lamina of Rhynchostegium murale.
A Close view of Rhynchostegium murale sporangium. Rostrate operculum can be seen.

Rhynchostegium are small to large mosses that form either loose tuft or extensive mats on the substrate, with irregular or regular branching.[1][3] The younger plants are generally deep green or light green; aging plants could become whitish, brownish, or paler green.[1][3] Stems are creeping and lack hyaloderm, with acute to acuminate pseudoparaphyllia.[3] Stem leaves are erectopatent or erect.[1][3] Branch leaves are similar in morphology to stem leaves but smaller and sometimes narrower.[3] Leaves are commonly straightly to homomallously arranged; subimbricate, subcomplanate, or complanate arrangement are sometimes seen, especially in branch leaves.[1] Leaf base, decurrent or not, varies from ovate to ovate-cordate, occasionally lanceolate, and the narrowing from gradual to abrupt, towards a short- or long-acuminate apex, where sometimes a differentiated long acumen or apiculus is present.[1] The leaves have a single costa that generally smoothly ends 35-75% up the leaf, and more often in branch leaves in an abaxial spine.[1] Leaf surfaces vary from flat to slightly concave and not to strongly longitudinally plicate, with little to some pores and linear laminal cells.[1][3] Leaf margins are serrate to serrulate.[1][3] Axillary hairs constitute of 3-7 cells,[3] with 1-3 upper cells.[1] Alar cells are slightly enlarged, and either undifferentiated or quadrate to elongate-rectangular.[1][3]

Sporophyte

Rhynchostegium are autoicous.[3] Covered by a naked calyptra is a rostrate to long-rostrate operculum attached to a red-brown to brown, oblong-cylindric, weakly curved capsule, which is inclined or horizontal to a red-brown, smooth seta that has abruptly contracted perichaetial leaves at the base, with acumen straight to reflexed.[1][3] An annulus separates the operculum.[3] The peristome is xerochastic and perfect, which the red to orange-red exostomes have reduced trabeculae and cross-striolae at the base of the teeth; in rare cases the exostomes are narrow and yellow.[1][3] The broadly or narrowly perforated endostomes and developed to vestigial cilia are supported by a low or high basal membrane.[1] Spore diameters range between 9-16 µm.[3]

Biochemistry

Allelopathy

Allelopathy has been studied on Rhynchostegium pallidifolium, which usually form pure colonies in their natural habitat.[7][8] Methanol extract of R.pallidifolium represses the seedling of cress, alfalfa, lettuce, ryegrass, timothy,and Digitaria sanguinalis in a concentration-dependent manner.[7] A combination of ESI-MS and 1H NMR analyses identified the inhibitory chemical as 3-hydroxy-β-ionone.[7] Further study showed a minimal 3-hydroxy-β-ionone concentration of 1 µM for the inhibition of cress hypocotyl growth, and 3 µM for cress root growth, while the endogenous concentration.[8] The presence of 3-hydroxy-β-ionone in their natural substrate and the growing medium suggested secretion to the environment, which may imply an important role of 3-hydroxy-β-ionone in competition with other plants and the forming of pure colonies.[8]

Antibacterial

Rhynchostegium riparioides

Acetone extract of Rhynchostegium riparioides showed antibiotic activity on some Gram-negative bacteria, including Escherichia coli, Proteus mirabilis, Entero-bacter cloacae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.[9]

Ethanolic extract of Rhynchostegium vagans showed similar effect on some Gram-negative bacteria and fungi, with performance superior to chloramphenicol and fluconazole.[10]

Applications

Freshwater monitoring

Rhynchostegium riparioides is used in monitoring of heavy metals concentration in freshwater in multiple regions around the world,[11][12][13] such as copper,[14][15] zinc.[16] R. riparioides as a neutrophilous species has been used in monitoring water acidification.[17]

List of species

The World Flora Online lists 221 species of Rhynchostegium.[18]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Hedenäs, Lars. "RHYNCHOSTEGIUM" (PDF). Australian Mosses Online. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Rhynchostegium Bruch & Schimp". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Rhynchostegium in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  4. ^ a b Cezón, Katia; Muñoz, Jesús; Hedenäs, Lars; Huttunen, Sanna (1 March 2010). "Rhynchostegium confusum, a new species from the Iberian Peninsula and its relation to R. confertum based on morphological and molecular data". Journal of Bryology. 32 (1): 1–8. doi:10.1179/037366810X12578498135832. ISSN 0373-6687. S2CID 86836787.
  5. ^ a b JUAN BERNARDO LARRAÍN; SANNA HUTTUNEN; ELENA IGNATOVA; MICHAEL IGNATOV (23 July 2020). "Rhynchostegium occultum (Brachytheciaceae), a new species from relict forests of central Chile". Phytotaxa. 453 (3): 199–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.453.3.3. S2CID 225464571. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  6. ^ Kelly, M. G.; Whitton, B. A. (December 1987). "Growth rate of the aquatic moss Rhynchostegium riparioidesin Northern England". Freshwater Biology. 18 (3): 461–468. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.1987.tb01331.x. ISSN 0046-5070.
  7. ^ a b c Kato-Noguchi, Hisashi; Seki, Takahiro; Shigemori, Hideyuki (15 April 2010). "Allelopathy and allelopathic substance in the moss Rhynchostegium pallidifolium". Journal of Plant Physiology. 167 (6): 468–471. doi:10.1016/j.jplph.2009.10.018. ISSN 0176-1617. PMID 20018404.
  8. ^ a b c Hisashi Kato-Noguchi; Takahiro Seki (1 June 2010). "Allelopathy of the moss Rhynchostegium pallidifolium and 3-hydroxy-β-ionone". Plant Signaling & Behavior. 5 (6): 702–704. doi:10.4161/psb.5.6.11642. PMC 3001564. PMID 20400848. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  9. ^ A. Basile; M. L. Vuotto; M. T. L. Ielpo; V. Moscatiello; L. Ricciardi; S. Giordano; R. Castaldo Cobianchi (1998). "Antibacterial Activity inRhynchostegiumriparioides(Hedw.) Card. Extract (Bryophyta)". Phytotherapy Research. 12 (S1): S146–S148. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(1998)12:1+<S146::AID-PTR278>3.0.CO;2-4. S2CID 85109228. Retrieved 11 September 2023 – via Wiley Online Library.
  10. ^ Negi, Kavita; Chaturvedi, Preeti (1 January 2016). "In vitro antimicrobial efficacy of Rhynchostegium vagans A. Jaeger (moss) against commonly occurring pathogenic microbes of Indian sub-tropics". Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease. 6 (1): 10–14. doi:10.1016/S2222-1808(15)60977-X. ISSN 2222-1808.
  11. ^ García-Álvaro, M. Angélica; Martínez-Abaigar, Javier; Núñez-Olivera, Encarnación; Beaucourt, Nathalie (September 2000). "Element Concentrations and Enrichment Ratios in the Aquatic Moss Rhynchostegium riparioides along the River Iregua (La Rioja, Northern Spain)". The Bryologist. 103 (3): 518–533. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2000)103[0518:ECAERI]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0007-2745. S2CID 86302267.
  12. ^ Wehr, J. D.; Whitton, B. A. (1 January 1983). "Accumulation of heavy metals by aquatic mosses. 2: Rhynchostegium riparioides". Hydrobiologia. 100 (1): 261–284. doi:10.1007/BF00027433. ISSN 1573-5117. S2CID 40247998.
  13. ^ Mouvet, Christophe; Claveri, Bruno (1 February 1999). "Localization of copper accumulated in Rhynchostegium riparioides using sequential chemical extraction". Aquatic Botany. 63 (1): 1–10. doi:10.1016/S0304-3770(98)00110-7. ISSN 0304-3770.
  14. ^ Claveri, B.; Morhain, E.; Mouvet, C. (1 June 1994). "A methodology for the assessment of accidental copper pollution using the aquatic moss Rhynchostegium riparioides". Chemosphere. 28 (11): 2001–2010. Bibcode:1994Chmsp..28.2001C. doi:10.1016/0045-6535(94)90150-3. ISSN 0045-6535.
  15. ^ Claveri, B.; Mouvet, C. (1 April 1995). "Temperature effects on copper uptake and CO2 assimilation by the aquatic moss Rhynchostegium riparioides". Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 28 (3): 314–320. doi:10.1007/BF00213108. ISSN 1432-0703. S2CID 94456028.
  16. ^ Wehr, J. D.; Kelly, M. G.; Whitton, B. A. (1 December 1987). "Factors affecting accumulation and loss of zinc by the aquatic moss Rhynchostegium riparioides (Hedw.) C. Jens". Aquatic Botany. 29 (3): 261–274. doi:10.1016/0304-3770(87)90020-9. ISSN 0304-3770.
  17. ^ Thiebaut, Gabrielle; Vanderpoorten, Alain; Guerold, François; Boudot, Jean-Pierre; Muller, Serge (1 March 1998). "Bryological patterns and streamwater acidification in the Vosges Mountains (N.E. France): An analysis tool for the survey of acidification processes". Chemosphere. 36 (6): 1275–1289. Bibcode:1998Chmsp..36.1275T. doi:10.1016/S0045-6535(97)00373-1. ISSN 0045-6535.
  18. ^ "Search". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
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