Fissidens hydropogon | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Bryophyta |
Class: | Bryopsida |
Subclass: | Dicranidae |
Order: | Dicranales |
Family: | Fissidentaceae |
Genus: | Fissidens |
Species: | F. hydropogon
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Binomial name | |
Fissidens hydropogon | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Fissidens hydropogon is a species of moss in the family Fissidentaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss. [1]
F. hydropogon was initially only known from one site, a river in Pastaza Province, Ecuador at 450 m (1,480 ft) above sea level. [3] [4] In 2008 it was discovered growing in vegetation on the periodically flooded shore of the River Nangaritza, 950 m (3,120 ft) above sea level in Zamora-Chinchipe Province, 500 km (310 mi) southwest of the type location. [5] [6]
Fissidens hydropogon | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Bryophyta |
Class: | Bryopsida |
Subclass: | Dicranidae |
Order: | Dicranales |
Family: | Fissidentaceae |
Genus: | Fissidens |
Species: | F. hydropogon
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Binomial name | |
Fissidens hydropogon | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Fissidens hydropogon is a species of moss in the family Fissidentaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss. [1]
F. hydropogon was initially only known from one site, a river in Pastaza Province, Ecuador at 450 m (1,480 ft) above sea level. [3] [4] In 2008 it was discovered growing in vegetation on the periodically flooded shore of the River Nangaritza, 950 m (3,120 ft) above sea level in Zamora-Chinchipe Province, 500 km (310 mi) southwest of the type location. [5] [6]