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Pohlia nutans
Species of plant in the family Mniaceae From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pohlia nutans, the nodding thread-moss, is a species of moss in the family Mniaceae.[3] It has a cosmopolitan distribution, found on all seven continents; Europe, Iceland, Siberia, Japan, North America, Greenland, the Andes of South America, South Africa, Tasmania and nearby mainland Australia, New Zealand, and the Antarctic Peninsula and Mount Rittmann in Antarctica.[4] An extremophile, it is resistant to cold, drought, salt, acid, heavy metals, and intense UV radiation.[5][6][7][8]
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| Pohlia nutans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Bryidae |
| Order: | Bryales |
| Family: | Mniaceae |
| Genus: | Pohlia |
| Species: | P. nutans |
| Binomial name | |
| Pohlia nutans | |
| Infraspecific taxa[1] | |
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| Synonyms | |
subsp. schimperi[2]
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Pohlia nutans is subject to fungal infections which cause fairy rings to appear. Some causative agents have been identified, including species of Cladosporium, Mortierella gamsii and Mortierella fimbricystis.[9]
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Subtaxa
The following subtaxa are accepted:[1]
- Pohlia nutans subsp. nutans
- Pohlia nutans subsp. schimperi (Müll. Hal.) Nyholm
- Pohlia nutans var. clavata Broth. ex Ihsiba
- Pohlia nutans var. nutans
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