Ditrichum cornubicum

Ditrichum cornubicum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Dicranales
Family: Ditrichaceae
Genus: Ditrichum
Species:
D. cornubicum
Binomial name
Ditrichum cornubicum

Ditrichum cornubicum, commonly known as the Cornish path-moss,[2] is a moss endemic to Cornwall, United Kingdom. First discovered in 1963, on a roadside west of Lanner, Cornwall by Jean Paton, it has since been found in two other places within Cornwall.[3] It was published as new to science in 1976.[4]

  1. ^ Hodgetts, N.; Lönnell, N.; Vanderpoorten, A.; Rothero, G.; Lockhart, N. (2019). "Ditrichum cornubicum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T39163A87794241. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T39163A87794241.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Edwards, Sean R. (2012). English Names for British Bryophytes. British Bryological Society Special Volume. Vol. 5 (4 ed.). Wootton, Northampton: British Bryological Society. ISBN 978-0-9561310-2-7. ISSN 0268-8034.
  3. ^ Holyoak, David T (2009). Bryophytes. In Red Data Book for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (Second ed.). Praze-an-Beeble: Croceago Press. pp. 72–104.
  4. ^ Porley, Ron D (2013). England's Rare Mosses and Liverworts. Woodstock: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-15871-6.