Bryocrumia

Bryocrumia vivicolor is a rheophytic species of moss belonging to the family Hypnaceae, and is the sole representative of the genus Bryocrumia.[1]

Bryocrumia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Hypnales
Family: Hypnaceae
Genus: Bryocrumia
L.E.Anderson
Species:
B. vivicolor
Binomial name
Bryocrumia vivicolor
(Brotherus & Dixon) W.R.Buck
Synonyms
  • Taxithelium vivicolor Brotherus & Dixon
  • Bryocrumia andersonii (E.B.Bartram) L.E.Anderson
  • Glossadelphus andersonii E.B.Bartram
  • Glossadelphus vivicolor (Brotherus & Dixon) Brotherus
  • Taxiphyllum andersonii (E. B. Bartram) H. A. Crum

The genus has been found in moist, shady sites at moderate elevation in the United States, China, India, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Uganda, and Zaire.[2] Sporophytes were first observed in 2016 on collections in Yunnan.[3]

The genus was described by Lewis Edward Anderson in 1980.[1] It was named for bryologist Howard Alvin Crum.[2]

References
  1. "Bryocrumia Anderson". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  2. "Bryocrumia vivicolor in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  3. Ma, Wen-Zhang; Shevock, James R.; He, Si (9 June 2016). "The first discovery on the sporophytes of a rheophytic moss: Bryocrumia vivicolor (Bryophyta, Hypnaceae)". Phytotaxa. 265 (1): 73. doi:10.11646/PHYTOTAXA.265.1.7. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
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