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Syntrichia latifolia (Bruch ex Hartm.) Huebener, formerly Tortula latifolia Bruch ex Hartm, and commonly known as Water Screw-moss,[2] is a species of moss belonging to the family Pottiaceae.[3] Syntrichia species differ from members of Tortula due to synapomorphic leaf qualities, such as different basal and distal cells, as well as different costal cross sections where Tortula has an abaxial epidermis and Syntrichia lacks one.[4]
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Bryophyta |
Class: | Bryopsida |
Subclass: | Dicranidae |
Order: | Pottiales |
Family: | Pottiaceae |
Genus: | Syntrichia |
Species: | S. latifolia |
Binomial name | |
Syntrichia latifolia Hübener, 1833 | |
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