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	Polytrichastrum formosum  (HEDW.) G.L.SM.

Fam.: Musci / Mosses

Synon.:  Polytrichum formosum  HEDW.

Genus:  Polytrichastrum  G.L.SM.,  Polytrichum  HEDW.

Authors:
	HEDW.:		Johannes Hedwig (1730 - 1799), German physician and botanist
	G.L.SM.:		Gary Lane Smith Merril (1939 - ), botanist in USA

Etymology:
	Polytrichastrum:		similar to Polytrichum
	formosum:		beautiful
	Polytrichum:		polys = many, trichos = hair

Fig. 1:  Polytrichastrum formosum / Beautiful Hair Moss D Odenwald, Nieder-Beerbach 16.10.2015

Fig. 2:  Polytrichastrum formosum / Beautiful Hair Moss D Odenwald, Nieder-Beerbach 16.10.2015

Fig. 3:  Polytrichastrum formosum / Beautiful Hair Moss F Turquestein-Blancrupt 30.5.2018

Fig. 4:  Polytrichastrum formosum / Beautiful Hair Moss F Turquestein-Blancrupt 30.5.2018

Fig. 5:  Polytrichastrum formosum / Beautiful Hair Moss F Turquestein-Blancrupt 30.5.2018

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