Bryocrumia Explained

Bryocrumia vivicolor is a rheophytic species of moss belonging to the family Hypnaceae, and is the sole representative of the genus Bryocrumia.[1]

The genus has been found in moist, shady sites at moderate elevation in the United States, China, India, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Uganda, and Zaire.[2] Sporophytes were first observed in 2016 on collections in Yunnan.[3]

The genus was described by Lewis Edward Anderson in 1980. It was named for bryologist Howard Alvin Crum.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bryocrumia Anderson . www.gbif.org . 22 February 2021 . en.
  2. Web site: Bryocrumia vivicolor in Flora of North America @ efloras.org . www.efloras.org . 4 November 2021.
  3. Ma . Wen-Zhang . Shevock . James R. . He . Si . The first discovery on the sporophytes of a rheophytic moss: Bryocrumia vivicolor (Bryophyta, Hypnaceae) . Phytotaxa . 9 June 2016 . 265 . 1 . 73 . 10.11646/PHYTOTAXA.265.1.7 . 4 November 2021. free .

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