Tayloria acuminata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Splachnales
Family: Splachnaceae
Genus: Tayloria
Species:
T. acuminata
Binomial name
Tayloria acuminata
Synonyms

Georgia cuspidata Kindb.[1]
Hookeria acuminata Schleich
Tayloria splachnoides var. acuminata (Hornsch.) Hüb., Deutschl. Laubm.

Tayloria acuminata, commonly known as acuminate dung moss[2] and acuminate trumpet moss, is a bright-green dung moss species with violet radicles that age to a dark red.[3] It is native to North America[4] and Iceland, where it is found in bird cliffs in Hornstrandir.[5] In Iceland it has the conservation status of a vulnerable species (VU).[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Tayloria acuminata". The Plant List. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  2. ↑ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tayloria acuminata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Howard Alvin Crum; Lewis Edward Anderson (1981). Mosses of Eastern North America. Vol. 1. Columbia University Press. p. 489. ISBN 0231045166.
  4. ↑ "Tayloria acuminata". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  5. 1 2 Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands [Icelandic Institute of Natural History] (1996). Válisti 1: Plöntur. (in Icelandic) Reykjavík: Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands.


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