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Taxiphyllum barbieri is economically important as a common plant used in freshwater aquariums. It is sold under the name 'Java moss'. It is sold under the name 'Java moss'. [ 2 ]
Taxiphyllum barbieri, known as Java moss or Bogor moss, is a moss belonging to the family Hypnaceae. [1] [2] Native to Southeast Asia, it is commonly used in freshwater aquariums. It attaches to rocks, roots, and driftwood. In the wild, it grows in humid riparian areas. [3] It was originally described as Isopterygium barbieri from Vinh, Vietnam ...
In the aquarium trade, Java moss can refer to either V. dubyana or Taxiphyllum barbieri, and it can be difficult to distinguish between the species. [2] [3] Although V. dubyana was the first species to be called 'Java moss', it has been supplanted in popularity by T. barbieri. [4] It was first introduced to aquarists in 1933. [2]
Hypnaceae is a large family of moss with broad worldwide occurrence [1] in the class Bryopsida, subclass Bryidae and order Hypnales. Genera include Hypnum , Phyllodon , and Taxiphyllum . Ecology
Sea moss (aka Irish moss) is a form of algae that has many purported benefits. In my research, I’ve heard that it might help stimulate proper thyroid function, boost the immune system, reduce infla
An example of moss (Bryophyta) on the forest floor in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. Bryophytes (/ ˈ b r aɪ. ə ˌ f aɪ t s /) [2] are a group of land plants (embryophytes), sometimes treated as a taxonomic division, that contains three groups of non-vascular land plants: the liverworts, hornworts, and mosses (Bryophyta sensu lato). [3]
The GBIF also lists Morinia Cardot, [3] Saitoa, [4] Sebillea M.Bizot, 1974, [5] and Spruceella Müll.Hal., 1900 [6] but with no subfamily details.. Subfamily Timmielloideae (and its two genera of Timmiella and Luisierella) have been transferred to a new family Timmiellaceae, due to molecular phylogenetic analysis in 2014.
A sundew with a leaf bent around a fly trapped by mucilage. Mucilage is a thick gluey substance produced by nearly all plants and some microorganisms.These microorganisms include protists which use it for their locomotion, with the direction of their movement always opposite to that of the secretion of mucilage. [1]