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Xenylla maritima

Xenylla maritima

Classification

Tortula cernua, also known as narrowleaf screw moss and flamingo moss, is a widely-distributed species of moss in the family Pottiaceae. First described in 1833, it is characterised by elliptical leaves with distinctive bordered margins and spore capsules that bend downward at an angle. The species exhibits an unusual reproductive strategy involving springtails that may assist in fertilisation by transferring sperm between plants.

Distribution

Anne Krediet · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United Kingdom · 1