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Splachnaceae

Wikipedia Abstract

Splachnaceae is a family of mosses, containing around 70 species in 6 genera. Around half of those species are entomophilous, using insects to disperse their spores, a characteristic found in no other seedless land plants.
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Genus

Aplodon (aplodon moss) (1)
Brachymitrion (7)
Bryomnium (1)
Eremodon (3)
Moseniella (2)
Raineria (1)
Splachnum (splachnum dung moss) (24)   (1)
Tayloria (tayloria dung moss) (53)
Tetraplodon (nitrogen moss) (11)   (1)
Voitia (voitia moss) (4)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0