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	Hylocomium splendens  (HEDW.) SCHIMP.

Fam.: Musci / Mosses

Genus:  Hylocomium  BRUCH & SCHIMP.

Authors:
	HEDW.:		Johannes Hedwig (1730 - 1799), German physician and botanist
	SCHIMP.:		Wilhelm Philipp Schimper (1808 - 1880), botanist and geologist from Alsace (today France)
	BRUCH:		Philipp Bruch (1781 - 1847), German pharmacist and botanist

Etymology:
	Hylocomium:		hyle = wood, komeo = to love
	splendens:		splendid

Fig. 1:  Hylocomium splendens / Glittering Wood Moss D Marbach-Stausee 3.12.2006

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