Tetraphis pellucida

Tetraphis pellucida
Tetraphis pellucida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Tetraphidopsida
Order: Tetraphidales
Family: Tetraphidaceae
Genus: Tetraphis
Species:
T. pellucida
Binomial name
Tetraphis pellucida

Tetraphis pellucida, the pellucid four-tooth moss,[1] is one of two species of moss in the acrocarpous genus Tetraphis.[2] Its name refers to its four large peristome teeth found on the sporophyte capsule.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Tetraphis pellucida​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 4 February 2016.