Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Polytrichum
Polytrichaceae Schwägr.
Polytrichum Hedw. , legitimate, scientific
Hedwig, J. (1801), Species Muscorum Frondosorum: 88 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: P. commune Hedw.
Hyvonen, J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2006), Polytrichaceae. Flora of Australia 51: 140 [secondary reference]
  • Comment: from the Greek poly (many) and trichos (a hair), in reference to the hairy calyptra

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