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Weissia

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Weissia is a genus of mosses, belonging to the family Pottiaceae.

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Vinony's link graph records 10 inbound references to Weissia, and connects out to moss, plant and Wikidata.

Vinony files it under Moss genera and Pottiaceae.

Vinony links it to 11 Wikipedia language editions.

Museum specimens

Specimen records
916
With media
284
Family
Pottiaceae
Collections
IBUNAM, FCN-UAQ
Recorded in
Mexico

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Pottiaceae
Image
Weissia longifolia (a, 153208-482342) 1486.JPG
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taxon name
Weissia
taxon rank
genus
taxon common name
小石藓属
Commons category
Weissia
taxon author citation
Hedw.
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Encyclopedic overview

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Weissia is a genus of mosses, belonging to the family Pottiaceae.

The genus was described in 1801 by Johann Hedwig and the latest additions to the genus were in 1995 when Weissia ovatifolia and Weissia patula were added. As of July 2021, the genus contains 91 species.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Weissia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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