Plagiomnium

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Plagiomnium is a genus of mosses in the family Mniaceae. It was formerly a part of a more encompassing genus Mnium and in 1968 Finnish bryologist Timo Juhani Koponen justified splitting the genus into a number of smaller genera.{{cite web|url=http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_moss_gk.pl?genus=Plagiomnium|title=Plagiomnium T. Koponen, 1968|work=California Moss eFlora|publisher=University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley|access-date=16 December 2019}}

Description

This genus is characterized by singly placed marginal teeth.{{Cite book|title=Plants of the Pacific Northwest coast : Washington, Oregon, British Columbia & Alaska|date=1994|publisher=Lone Pine Publishing|others=MacKinnon, A. (Andrew), 1956-, Pojar, Jim, 1948-, Alaback, Paul B.|isbn=1-55105-040-4|location=Richmond, Wash.|oclc=30357470}}{{cite web|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=125698|title=Flora of North America|publisher=eFlora|access-date=16 December 2019}}

Plagiomnium are commonly found along shaded stream banks, seeps and springs, generally on soil with a high humus content.

Species

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The genus Plagiomnium contains the following species:{{BioRef|WFO|title=Plagiomnium |id=wfo-4000029993 |access-date=3 May 2020}}

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Category:Mniaceae

Category:Moss genera

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