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Fam.: Musci / Mosses  

Synon.:  Syntrichia ruralis  (HEDW.) F.WEBER & D.MOHR

Genus:  Tortula  HEDW.,  Syntrichia  BRID.

Behind the Tortula ruralis aggregate the following species are hiding, which can only be differed by microscope: Tortula calcicolens, Tortula intermedia, and Tortula ruraliformis.


Authors:
   HEDW.:  Johannes Hedwig (1730 - 1799), German physician and botanist
   G.GAERTN.:  Gottfried Gaertner (1754 - 1825), German botanist
   B.MEY.:  Bernhard Meyer (1767 - 1836), German physician and botanist
   SCHERB.:  Johannes Scherbius (1769 - 1813), German botanist
   F.WEBER:  Friedrich Weber (1781 - 1823), German physician and botanist
   D.MOHR:  Daniel Matthias Heinrich Mohr (1780 - 1808), botanist from Kiel (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
   BRID.:  Samuel Élisée von Bridel (1761 - 1828), Swiss bryologist
 

Etymology:
   Tortula:   twisted
   ruralis:   rural
   Syntrichia:   syn = with, thrix = hair
   calcicolens:   lime-loving
   intermedia:   standing in between
   ruraliformis:   similar to Tortula ruralis
 

Tortula ruralis agg. / Star Moss, Sidewalk Moss, D St. Leon - Rot 23.3.2018
Fig. 1:  Tortula ruralis agg. / Star Moss, Sidewalk Moss
D St. Leon - Rot 23.3.2018
Tortula ruralis agg. / Star Moss, Sidewalk Moss, D St. Leon - Rot 23.3.2018
Fig. 2:  Tortula ruralis agg. / Star Moss, Sidewalk Moss
D St. Leon - Rot 23.3.2018
Tortula ruralis agg. / Star Moss, Sidewalk Moss, D Seeheim an der Bergstraße 21.10.2009
Fig. 3:  Tortula ruralis agg. / Star Moss, Sidewalk Moss
D Seeheim an der Bergstraße 21.10.2009
Tortula ruralis agg. / Star Moss, Sidewalk Moss, D Seeheim an der Bergstraße 21.10.2009
Fig. 4:  Tortula ruralis agg. / Star Moss, Sidewalk Moss
D Seeheim an der Bergstraße 21.10.2009

 


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