:Weissia multicapsularis
{{Short description|Species of plant}}
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| status = DD
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Weissia
| species = multicapsularis
| authority = (Sm.) Mitt.
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Weissia multicapsularis, the many-fruited beardless-moss, is an ephemeral moss. It is critically endangered.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
Distribution
It is found in France, Cornwall,{{Cite web|url=https://cisfbr.org.uk/Bryo/Cornish_Bryophytes_Weissia_multicapsularis.html|title=Weissia multicapsularis|website=cisfbr.org.uk}} Wales,{{Cite web|url=https://species.nbnatlas.org/species/NBNSYS0000036415|title=Weissia multicapsularis : Many-fruited Beardless-moss | NBN Atlas|website=species.nbnatlas.org}} and Turkey.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/11263504.2018.1536086?journalCode=tplb20|title=Weissia multicapsularis, a rare moss species new to Turkey and Asia|first1=Serhat|last1=Ursavaş|first2=Tamer|last2=Keçeli|date=December 31, 2018|journal=Plant Biosystems |volume=153|issue=5|pages=669–672|doi=10.1080/11263504.2018.1536086|s2cid=91676734 |url-access=subscription}}
It grows on damp and muddy non-calcareous soils. It is found on banks hedges, and tracksides.
Taxonomy
It was named by William Mitten, in Ann. Mag. Nat. History, ser. 2 8: 317 in 1851.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-35127882|title=Weissia multicapsularis (Sm.) Mitt. — The Plant List|website=www.theplantlist.org}}
References
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External links
- [http://southwalesbryos.blogspot.com/2016/02/rare-fungus-on-weissia-multicapsularis.html South Wales Bryophytes: Rare fungus on Weissia multicapsularis]
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