Hygroamblystegium varium

Hygroamblystegium varium is a species of moss in the Amblystegiaceae family.[2] It has a cosmopolitan distribution.[2]

Hygroamblystegium varium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Hypnales
Family: Amblystegiaceae
Genus: Hygroamblystegium
Species:
H. varium
Binomial name
Hygroamblystegium varium
Synonyms[2]
  • Amblystegium oligorrhizon Schimp.
  • Amblystegium pulchellum Müll.Hal.
  • Amblystegium radicale var. oligorrhizon (Schimp.) Lorentz
  • Amblystegium serpens f. noterophilum (Sull. & Lesq. ex Sull.) Austin
  • Amblystegium sparsifolium (Hampe) A.Jaeger
  • Amblystegium varium (Hedw.) Lindb.
  • Amblystegium varium var. arsenei Thér.
  • Amblystegium varium var. oligorrhizon (Schimp.) Lindb.
  • Amblystegium varium var. parvulum (Austin) Grout
  • Amblystegium varium var. varium
  • Hygroamblystegium varium (Hedw.) Lindb.
  • Hypnum debile Brid.
  • Hypnum diffusum Brid.
  • Hypnum madeirense Mitt.
  • Hypnum noterophilum Sull. & Lesq. ex Sull.
  • Hypnum pachypoma Schwägr.
  • Hypnum sparsifolium Hampe
  • Hypnum varium Hedw.) P.Beauv.
  • Leskea varia Hedw.
  • Stereodon varium (Hedw.) Mitt.

Hygroamblystegium varium is known to be able to use artificial light to grow in places which are otherwise devoid of natural light, such as Niagara Cave. [3]

References
  1. Gabiel, R., Sim-Sim, M (2019). "Hygroamblystegium varium". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T86200081A87712535. Retrieved 21 October 2022.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. "Hygroamblystegium varium". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  3. Thatcher, Edward P. (1947). "Observations on Bryophytes Living in an Artificially Illuminated Limestone Cave". The American Midland Naturalist. 37 (3): 797–800. doi:10.2307/2421476. JSTOR 2421476.


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