Dicranoweisia crispula

Dicranoweisia crispula
Dicranoweisia crispula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Bryophyta
Class:	Bryopsida
Order:	Seligeriales
Family:	Seligeriaceae
Genus:	Dicranoweisia
Species:	D. crispula
Binomial name
Dicranoweisia crispula (Hedw.) Milde

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

References

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

• The Antarctic mosses: with special reference to the South Shetland Islands