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Crazy Mosses and the men who love them
"James Purchase" <jppurchase at Home_com> wrote:
> Nick Wise posted a lisiting of Fontinalis and Vesicularia species which are
> reported to be found in the United States (thanks Nick). It is reported to
> be a listing recognized by the USDA (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture).
>
> Maybe they have several lists.....
>
> I have checked with the main USDA Plants Database
> [http://www.itis.usda.gov/] and the listings they have there don't quite
> agree with what Nick posted. In particular, they only list one species of
> Vesicularia in the U.S.
<snip>
Try going to http://plants.usda.gov/plants/ and do a search by
scientific name. You'll find that of the vesicularia species I listed,
the USDA considers Vesicularia vesicularis, Vesicularia amphibola,
Vesicularia caloosiensis, and Vesicularia crassicaulis all to be the
same plant, just different names from different sources. This then
leaves only one species of vesicularia found in the U.S. (vesicularia
vesicularis). They claim it is native, though do not list where it can
be found.
As I stated in the post, many of the names are synonymous with others.
Do a search on fontinalis and you will see what I mean.
A search on Mnium turns up the following: (indented names are synonyms
of the preceding)
Contains 9 species and 9 accepted taxa overall
Mnium ambiguum H. Müll. ambiguous calcareous moss
Mnium inclinatum Lindb.
Mnium lycopodioides Schwaegr. var. inclinatum (Lindb.) Wijk &
Marg.
Mnium riparium Mitt.
Mnium arizonicum Amann Arizona calcareous moss
Mnium saximontanum M. Bowers
Mnium blyttii Bruch & Schimp in B.S.G. Blytt's calcareous moss
Stellariomnium blyttii (Bruch & Schimp. in B.S.G.) M. Bowers
Mnium hornum Hedw. horn calcareous moss
Mnium marginatum (With.) Brid. ex P. Beauv. olivegreen calcareous moss
Mnium serratum Schrad. ex Brid.
Mnium spinosum (Voit) Schwaegr. spinosum calcareous moss
Mnium spinulosum Bruch & Schimp. in B.S.G. largetooth calcareous moss
Mnium stellare Hedw. stellar calcareous moss
Stellariomnium stellare (Hedw.) M. Bowers
Mnium thomsonii Schimp. Thomson's calcareous moss
Mnium decurrens C. Müll. & Kindb. in Mac. & Kindb.
Mnium orthorrhynchum auct plur.
Classification:
Kingdom Plantae -- Plants
Division Bryophyta -- Mosses
Subdivision Musci
Class Bryopsida -- True mosses
Subclass Bryidae
Order Bryales
Family Mniaceae
Genus Mnium Hedw. -- mnium calcareous moss
A search on dichelyma:
Contains 4 species and 4 accepted taxa overall
Dichelyma capillaceum (With.) Myr. -- dichelyma moss
Dichelyma falcatum (Hedw.) Myr. -- sickle dichelyma moss
Dichelyma pallescens Schimp. in B.S.G. -- dichelyma moss
Dichelyma uncinatum Mitt. -- dichelyma moss
Classification:
Kingdom Plantae -- Plants
Division Bryophyta -- Mosses
Subdivision Musci
Class Bryopsida -- True mosses
Subclass Bryidae
Order Isobryales
Family Fontinalaceae
Genus Dichelyma Myr. -- dichelyma moss
A search on Fissidens turns up the following:
Contains 36 species and 40 accepted taxa overall
Fissidens adianthoides Hedw. fissidens moss
Fissidens adianthoides Hedw. var. immarginatus Lindb. ex Lesq.
& James
Fissidens allenianus Brugg.-Nann. & Purs. Allen fissidens moss
Fissidens aphelotaxifolius Purs. fissidens moss
Fissidens appalachensis Zand. Appalachian fissidens moss
Fissidens arcticus Bryhn arctic fissidens moss
Fissidens asplenioides Hedw. asplenium fissidens moss
Fissidens bryoides Hedw. bryoid fissidens moss
Fissidens andersonii Grout
Fissidens bryoides Hedw. var. brevifolius (Ren. & Card.) Wijk &
Marg.
Fissidens bryoides Hedw. var. incurvus (R”hl.) Hüb.
Fissidens exiguus Sull.
Fissidens exiguus Sull. var. falcatulus (Ren. & Card.) Grout
Fissidens falcatulus Ren. & Card.
Fissidens incurvus Starke ex R”hl.
Fissidens incurvus Starke ex R”hl. var. brevifolius Ren. &
Card.
Fissidens longifolius Brid.
Fissidens minutulus Sull.
Fissidens pusillus (Wils.) Milde
Fissidens repandus Wils.
Fissidens texanus Lesq. & James
Fissidens tortilis Hampe & C. Müll.
Fissidens viridulus (Sw.) Wahlenb.
Fissidens viridulus (Sw.) Wahlenb. var. brevifolius (Ren. &
Card.) Grout
Fissidens viridulus (Sw.) Wahlenb. var. tamarindifolius (Turn.)
Grout
Fissidens viridulus (Sw.) Wahlenb. var. texanus (Lesq. & James)
Grout
Fissidens bushii (Card. & Thér.) Card. & Thér. Bush's fissidens moss
Fissidens clebschii Steere Clebsch's fissidens moss
Fissidens closteri Aust. fissidens moss
Fissidens dubius P. Beauv. fissidens moss
Fissidens adianthoides Hedw. var. semicristatus Grout
Fissidens cristatus Wils. ex Mitt.
Fissidens cristatus Wils. ex Mitt. var. winonensis (Ren. &
Card.) Grout
Fissidens exilis Hedw. fissidens moss
Fissidens fontanus (B. Pyl.) Steud. fissidens moss
Fissidens debilis Schwaegr.
Fissidens julianus (Savi ex DC.) Schimp.
Fissidens grandifrons Brid. largeleaf fissidens moss
Fissidens hallianus (Sull. & Lesq. in Aust.) Mitt. fissidens moss
Fissidens manateensis Grout in Holz.
Fissidens hallii Aust. Hall's fissidens moss
Fissidens hyalinus Wils. & Hook. fissidens moss
Fissidens kochii Crum & Anderson Koch's fissidens moss
Fissidens limbatus Sull. fissidens moss
Fissidens littlei (Williams) Grout Little's fissidens moss
Fissidens orcuttii Grout
Fissidens microcladus Thwaites & Mitt. in Mitt. fissidens moss
Fissidens garberi Lesq. & James
Fissidens milobakeri L. Koch Milo's fissidens moss
Fissidens neonii (Bartr.) Grout neon fissidens moss
Fissidens obtusifolius Wils. obtuseleaf fissidens moss
Fissidens obtusifolius Wils. var. apiculatus Grout obtuseleaf fissidens
moss
Fissidens obtusifolius Wils. var. kansanus Ren. & Card. Kansas
fissidens moss
Fissidens obtusifolius Wils. var. marginatus Flow. obtuseleaf fissidens
moss
Fissidens obtusifolius Wils. var. obtusifolius obtuseleaf fissidens
moss
Fissidens osmundioides Hedw. osmund fissidens moss
Fissidens papillosus Sande Lac. fissidens moss
Fissidens donnellii Aust.
Fissidens pauperculus Howe fissidens moss
Fissidens pellucidus Hornsch. fissidens moss
Fissidens subcrenatus Schimp. in C. Müll.
Fissidens polypodioides Hedw. polypody fissidens moss
Fissidens ravenelii Sull. Ravenel's fissidens moss
Fissidens reesei Crum & Anderson Reese's fissidens moss
Fissidens subbasilaris Hedw. fissidens moss
Fissidens sublimbatus Grout fissidens moss
Fissidens limbatus Sull. var. brevifolius Sull.
Fissidens limbatus Sull. var. ensiformis (Grout) Grout
Fissidens taxifolius Hedw. fissidens moss
Fissidens ventricosus Lesq. fissidens moss
Fissidens rufulus auct. Amer.
Fissidens zollingeri Mont. Zollinger's fissidens moss
Fissidens kegelianus C. Müll.
Classification:
Kingdom Plantae -- Plants
Division Bryophyta -- Mosses
Subdivision Musci
Class Bryopsida -- True mosses
Subclass Bryidae
Order Fissidentales
Family Fissidentaceae
Genus Fissidens Hedw. -- fissidens moss
As far as if any are suitable for use in aquaria, I don't know at this
point. Perhaps through some additional research, we can determine this.
:)
P.S. Sorry for the length, but hope some find it interesting.
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