Bryocrumia
| Bryocrumia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Bryidae |
| Order: | Hypnales |
| Family: | Hypnaceae |
| Genus: | Bryocrumia L.E.Anderson |
| Species: | B. vivicolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Bryocrumia vivicolor (Brotherus & Dixon) W.R.Buck
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Bryocrumia vivicolor is a rheophytic species of moss belonging to the family Hypnaceae, and is the sole representative of the genus Bryocrumia.[1]
The genus has been found in moist, shady sites at moderate elevation in the United States, China, India, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Uganda, and Zaire.[2] Sporophytes were first observed in 2016 on collections in Yunnan.[3]
The genus was described by Lewis Edward Anderson in 1980.[1] It was named for bryologist Howard Alvin Crum.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Bryocrumia Anderson". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Bryocrumia vivicolor in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ Ma, Wen-Zhang; Shevock, James R.; He, Si (9 June 2016). "The first discovery on the sporophytes of a rheophytic moss: Bryocrumia vivicolor (Bryophyta, Hypnaceae)". Phytotaxa. 265 (1): 73. doi:10.11646/PHYTOTAXA.265.1.7. Retrieved 4 November 2021.