Plagiomnium

Plagiomnium is a genus of mosses in the family Mniaceae. It was formerly a part of a more encompassing genus Mnium and in 1968 Finnish bryologist Timo Juhani Koponen justified splitting the genus into a number of smaller genera.^[1]

Plagiomnium
Plagiomnium insigne
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Bryophyta
Class:	Bryopsida
Subclass:	Bryidae
Order:	Bryales
Family:	Mniaceae
Genus:	Plagiomnium T.J.Kop.

Description

This genus is characterized by singly placed marginal teeth.^[2][3]

Plagiomnium are commonly found along shaded stream banks, seeps and springs, generally on soil with a high humus content.

Species

Four-toed salamander on unknown Plagiomnium moss

The genus Plagiomnium contains the following species:^[4]

• Plagiomnium acutum (Lindb.) T.J.Kop.
• Plagiomnium affine (Blandow) T.J.Kop.
• Plagiomnium arbuscula (Müll.Hal.) T.J.Kop.
• Plagiomnium ciliare (Müll.Hal.) T.J.Kop.
• Plagiomnium confertidens (Lindb. & Arnell) T.J.Kop.
• Plagiomnium cordatum T.J.Kop. & D.H.Norris
• Plagiomnium curvatulum (Lindb.) Schljakov
• Plagiomnium cuspidatum (Hedw.) T.J.Kop.
• Plagiomnium decursivum R.E.Wyatt
• Plagiomnium drummondii (Bruch & Schimp.) T.J.Kop.
• Plagiomnium elatum (Bruch & Schimp.) T.J.Kop.
• Plagiomnium elimbatum (M.Fleisch.) T.J.Kop.
• Plagiomnium ellipticum (Brid.) T.J.Kop.
• Plagiomnium floridanum R.E.Wyatt & Odrzyk.
• Plagiomnium guizhouense Y.J.Yi & S.He
• Plagiomnium himalayanum T.J.Kop.
• Plagiomnium insigne (Mitt.) T.J.Kop.
• Plagiomnium integrum (Bosch & Sande Lac.) T.J.Kop.
• Plagiomnium japonicum (Lindb.) T.J.Kop.
• Plagiomnium jiuzhaigouense R.E.Wyatt
• Plagiomnium maximoviczii (Lindb.) T.J.Kop.
• Plagiomnium medium (Bruch & Schimp.) T.J.Kop.
• Plagiomnium novae-zealandiae (Colenso) T.J.Kop.
• Plagiomnium rhynchophorum (Harv.) T.J.Kop.
• Plagiomnium rostratum (Schrad.) T.J.Kop.
• Plagiomnium succulentum (Mitt.) T.J.Kop.
• Plagiomnium tezukae (Sakurai) T.J.Kop.
• Plagiomnium undulatum (Hedw.) T.J.Kop.
• Plagiomnium venustum (Mitt.) T.J.Kop.
• Plagiomnium vesicatum (Besch.) T.J.Kop.
• Plagiomnium wui (T.J.Kop.) Y.J.Yi & S.He
• Plagiomnium yunnanense (T.J.Kop., X.J.Li & M.Zang) T.J.Kop.