Brachythecium salebrosum

Brachythecium salebrosum is a species of moss in the Brachytheciaceae family.[2] It is widely distributed throughout the world, except for in South-America and in tropical regions.[2]

Brachythecium salebrosum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Hypnales
Family: Brachytheciaceae
Genus: Brachythecium
Species:
B. salebrosum
Binomial name
Brachythecium salebrosum
W.P.Schimper, 1853
Synonyms[2]
  • Brachythecium ligusticum De Not.
  • Brachythecium plumosum Huds.
  • Brachythecium plumosum Huds. ex C.E.O.Jensen
  • Brachythecium pseudocollinum Kindb.
  • Brachythecium salebrosum (Web. & Mohr) Br.Eur.
  • Brachythecium salebrosum var. arcticum Berggr.
  • Brachythecium salebrosum var. flaccidum Schimp.
  • Brachythecium salebrosum var. gracile (Hartm.) Paris
  • Brachythecium salebrosum var. homomallum G.Roth
  • Brachythecium salebrosum var. palustre Schimp.
  • Brachythecium salebrosum var. robustum Warnst.
  • Brachythecium salebrosum var. salebrosum (F.Weber & D.Mohr) Schimp.
  • Brachythecium salebrosum var. turgidum (Hartm.) J.E.Zett.
  • Brachythecium salebrosum var. vineale (Milde) Podp.
  • Brachythecium vineale Milde
  • Brachythecium zickendrahtii Warnst.
  • Chamberlainia salebrosa (Hoffm. ex F.Web. & D.Mohr) H.Rob.
  • Hypnum salebrosum Hoffm.
  • Hypnum salebrosum Hoffm. ex F.Weber & D.Mohr
  • Hypnum salebrosum var. gracile Hartm.
  • Lescuraea affinis (Limpr.) Broth.
  • Ptychodium affine Limpr.

Brachythecium salebrosum is known to be able to use artificial light to grow in places which are otherwise devoid of natural light, such as Crystal Cave in Wisconsin.[3]

References
  1. Schnyder, N. (2019). "Brachythecium salebrosum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T85838719A87732856. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  2. "Brachythecium salebrosum". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  3. Thatcher, Edward P. (1949). "Bryophytes of an Artificially Illuminated Cave". The Bryologist. 52 (4): 212–214. doi:10.2307/3239480.


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