Tayloria acuminata

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

References

  1. ↑ "Tayloria acuminata". The Plant List. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Tayloria acuminata". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Howard Alvin Crum; Lewis Edward Anderson (1981). Mosses of Eastern North America 1. Columbia University Press. p. 489. ISBN 0231045166.
  4. ↑ "Tayloria acuminata". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
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