Tayloria acuminata

Tayloria acuminata, commonly known as acuminate dung moss[2] and acuminate trumpet moss, is a bright-green dung moss species with violet radicles that age to a dark red.[3] It is native to North America[4] and Iceland, where it is found in bird cliffs in Hornstrandir.[5] In Iceland it has the conservation status of a vulnerable species (VU).[5]

Tayloria acuminata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Splachnales
Family: Splachnaceae
Genus: Tayloria
Species:
T. acuminata
Binomial name
Tayloria acuminata
Synonyms

Georgia cuspidata Kindb.[1]
Hookeria acuminata Schleich
Tayloria splachnoides var. acuminata (Hornsch.) Hüb., Deutschl. Laubm.

References
  1. "Tayloria acuminata". The Plant List. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tayloria acuminata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  3. Howard Alvin Crum; Lewis Edward Anderson (1981). Mosses of Eastern North America. Vol. 1. Columbia University Press. p. 489. ISBN 0231045166.
  4. "Tayloria acuminata". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  5. Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands [Icelandic Institute of Natural History] (1996). Válisti 1: Plöntur. (in Icelandic) Reykjavík: Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands.


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