Pleurozium

Pleurozium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Hypnales
Family: Hylocomiaceae
Genus: Pleurozium

Pleurozium is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Hylocomiaceae.

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.

Species:

  • Pleurozium flagellare (Schimp.) Kindb.
  • Pleurozium quitense (Mitt.) B.H.Allen & Magill
  • Pleurozium schreberi (Brid.) Mitt.