Barbula unguiculata

Barbula unguiculata is a species of moss belonging to the family Pottiaceae.[1]

Barbula unguiculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Pottiales
Family: Pottiaceae
Genus: Barbula
Species:
B. unguiculata
Binomial name
Barbula unguiculata
Hedw.
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Barbula amoena Schumach.
  • Barbula apiculata Hedw.
  • Barbula aristata (Dicks.) Brid.
  • Barbula dubia Schumach.
  • Barbula ericetorum (Dicks. ex With.) P. Beauv.
  • Barbula fastigiata Schultz
  • Barbula gattefossei P. de la Varde
  • Barbula himantina Besch.
  • Barbula incerta Schumach.
  • Barbula indigens (Renauld & Cardot) Renauld & Cardot
  • Barbula linoides (Hedw.) Brid.
  • Barbula mucronulata Hoffm. ex F. Weber & D. Mohr
  • Barbula nervosa Crome
  • Barbula ochracea Broth.
  • Barbula saundersii Cardot & Thér.
  • Barbula stricta Hedw.
  • Barbula subunguiculata Schimp. ex Besch.
  • Barbula tokyensis Besch.
  • Barbula trichostomifolia Müll. Hal.
  • Barbula unguiculata var. apiculata (Hedw.) Bruch & Schimp.
  • Bryum aristatum Dicks.
  • Bryum ericetorum Dicks. ex With.
  • Bryum linoides Hedw.
  • Bryum mucronulatum Dicks. ex With.
  • Dialytrichia canariensis Bryhn
  • Dicranum laxum Brid.
  • Didymodon mildei Schimp.
  • Orthopyxis aristata (Dicks.) P. Beauv.
  • Orthopyxis barbata P. Beauv.
  • Tortula dubia (Schumach.) P. Beauv.
  • Tortula linoides (Hedw.) P. Beauv.
  • Tortula tenuis P. Beauv.
  • Trichostomum indigens Renauld & Cardot
  • Trichostomum pensylvanicum Spreng.

Barbula unguiculata is known to be able to use artificial light to grow in places which are otherwise devoid of natural light, such as Niagara Cave[2] and Crystal Cave in Wisconsin.[3]


References
  1. "Barbula unguiculata Hedw". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  2. 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.
  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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