Plagiomnium medium: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Bryophyta
- Class
- Bryopsida
- Order
- Bryales
- Family
- Mniaceae
- Genus
- Plagiomnium
- Species
- Plagiomnium medium
- Scientific Name
- Plagiomnium medium
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Plagiomnium medium
Plagiomnium medium, commonly known as Alpine thyme-moss or intermediate plagiomnium moss, is a moss found in montane habitats in the Northern Hemisphere.
Research published in 1988 showed that is a hybrid of P. ellipticum and P. insigne via an allopolyploid process, previously considered to be absent in bryophyte evolution.
In the UK it is classified as near threatened. More than 10% of all UK populations occur in the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland including sites in the Lairig Ghru and on the plateau of Lochnagar.
...Plagiomnium medium in languages:
- Bokmål
- krattfagermose
- Czech
- měřík prostřední
- Danish
- Stor krybstjerne
- Dutch
- Bergboogsterrenmos
- English
- alpine thyme-moss
- English
- medium plagiomnium moss
- Estonian
- keskmine lehiksammal
- Finnish
- isolehväsammal
- French
- Mnie intermédiaire
- German
- Mittleres Kriechsternmoos
- Japanese
- オオチョウチンゴケ
- Lithuanian
- Tarpinė lapūnė
- Polish
- płaskomerzyk średni
- Russian
- Плагиомниум средний
- Swedish
- bågpraktmossa
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Plagiomnium acutum
- Plagiomnium affine
- Plagiomnium arbusculum
- Plagiomnium carolinianum
- Plagiomnium ciliare
- Plagiomnium confertidens
- Plagiomnium cuspidatum
- Plagiomnium drummondii
- Plagiomnium elatum
- Plagiomnium elimbatum
- Plagiomnium ellipticum
- Plagiomnium floridanum
- Plagiomnium insigne
- Plagiomnium integrum
- Plagiomnium japonicum
- Plagiomnium medium
- Plagiomnium novae-zealandiae
- Plagiomnium rhynchophorum
- Plagiomnium rostratum
- Plagiomnium succulentum
- Plagiomnium tezukae
- Plagiomnium undulatum
- Plagiomnium venustum
- Plagiomnium vesicatum






























































































































































