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Internal ID UUID644078ded64d3705594914
Scientific name Polytrichastrum sexangulare
Authority (Flörke ex Brid.) G.L.Sm.
First published in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 21(3): 37 1971

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Polytrichum sexangulare Flörke ex Brid. J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(1): 285 1801
Polytrichum crassilamellatum W.X.Xu & R.L.Xiong Acta Bot. Yunnan. 6: 178. f. 4 1984
Polytrichum norwegicum var. tenellum (Hesselbo) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur.: 72. 1954.
Polytrichum sexangulare var. tenellum Hesselbo Bot. Iceland 1(4): 502. 1918.
Polytrichum norwegicum f. serrulatum (Hand.-Mazz.) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur.: 72. 1954.
Polytrichum sexangulare f. serrulatum Hand.-Mazz. Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 54: 73. 1904.
Polytrichum sexangulare f. dentatum Röll Hedwigia 43(2): 135. 1904.
Polytrichum sexangulare var. nivale Kindb. Hedwigia 35(2): 67. 1896.

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Language Common/alternative name
English northern haircap
Czech ploník šestihranný
Finnish tunturikarhunsammal
Swedish Ökelbjörnmossa
Swedish jökelbjörnmossa
Chinese 长栉拟金发藓

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001186712
Tropicos 35169094
INPN 433979
The Plant List tro-35169094
Open Tree Of Life 985327
Observations.org 161154
NCBI Taxonomy 752065
NBN Atlas NHMSYS0021195504
Nature Serve 2.815692
iNaturalist 68294
GBIF 2682935
EPPO QTYSE
EOL 927813
Elurikkus 281322

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_965127125.2 cbPolSexa1.2 Chromosome WELLCOME SANGER INSTITUTE 2025-10-26 101 766.84 Mb

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A New Record of Pogonatum tahitense (Polytrichaceae) from Tibet, China: Taxonomic Description, Range Expansion, and Biogeographic History Sun Y, Song X, Chen C, Li S, Gu J, Shao X Plants (Basel) 15-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10974980
doi:10.3390/plants13060846
PMID:38592873
Seventy-five mosses and liverworts found frozen with the late Neolithic Tyrolean Iceman: Origins, taphonomy and the Iceman’s last journey Dickson JH, Oeggl KD, Kofler W, Hofbauer WK, Porley R, Rothero GP, Schmidl A, Heiss AG PLoS One 30-Oct-2019
PMCID:PMC6821077
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0223752
PMID:31665165
Reproductive and genetic consequences of extreme isolation in Salix herbacea L. at the rear edge of its distribution Carbognani M, Piotti A, Leonardi S, Pasini L, Spanu I, Vendramin GG, Tomaselli M, Petraglia A Ann Bot 31-Jul-2019
PMCID:PMC6868362
doi:10.1093/aob/mcz129
PMID:31361802
Intraspecific Functional Trait Response to Advanced Snowmelt Suggests Increase of Growth Potential but Decrease of Seed Production in Snowbed Plant Species Tonin R, Gerdol R, Tomaselli M, Petraglia A, Carbognani M, Wellstein C Front Plant Sci 14-Mar-2019
PMCID:PMC6426784
doi:10.3389/fpls.2019.00289
PMID:30923530
The Response of the Alpine Dwarf Shrub Salix herbacea to Altered Snowmelt Timing: Lessons from a Multi-Site Transplant Experiment Sedlacek J, Wheeler JA, Cortés AJ, Bossdorf O, Hoch G, Lexer C, Wipf S, Karrenberg S, van Kleunen M, Rixen C PLoS One 20-Apr-2015
PMCID:PMC4403918
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0122395
PMID:25893438

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