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Polytrichum piliferum

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Internal ID UUID644078b63ae9c368233240
Scientific name Polytrichum piliferum
Authority Hedw.
First published in Sp. Musc. Frond. 90 1801

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Polytrichum antarcticum Cardot Rev. Bryol. 27: 45 1900
Polytrichum hirsutum J.-F.Leroy Bull. Jard. Bot. État Brux. 18: 199. 21 1947
Polytrichum nano-globulus Müll.Hal. Flora 71: 408 1888
Polytrichum patagonicum Müll.Hal. Hedwigia 36: 90 1897
Polytrichum piliferum var. hoppei (Hornsch.) H.C.Hall Fl. Belg. Sept. 2: 126 1832
Polytrichum piliferum var. tectorum Warnst. Hedwigia 57: 131 1915
Polytrichum trachynotum Müll.Hal. Flora 68: 399 1885
Polytrichum tuberculosum Müll.Hal. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 5: 77 1883
Polytrichum hoppei Hornsch. Flora 2: 106. 1819.
Polytrichum laevipilum Hampe Linnaea 30: 459. 1860.
Polytrichum piliferum var. elegans E.Bauer Bot. Centralbl. 83: 44. 1900.
Polytrichum piliferum var. schiffneri E.Bauer Bot. Centralbl. 83: 44. 1900.
Polytrichum pilosum var. elegans (E.Bauer) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur.: 71. 1954.
Polytrichum pilosum var. hoppei (Hornsch.) Lindb. Musci Scand.: 12. 1879.
Polytrichum pilosum var. schiffneri (E.Bauer) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur.: 71. 1954.
Polytrichum piliferum f. tectorum (Warnst.) Margad. Lindbergia 1: 129. 1972.
Polytrichum piliferum f. longisetum E.Bauer Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 18: 182. 1900.
Polytrichum pilosum f. longisetum (E.Bauer) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur.: 71. 1954.
Polytrichum pilifolium Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 1: 720. 1821.
Polytrichum pilosum Neck. ex Lindb. Revis. Crit. Icon.: 23. 1871.
Polytrichum pilifolium Müll.Hal. Hedwigia 36: 92. 1897.
Polytrichum piliferum f. epilosum Latzel Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2, 61: 258. 1941.
Polytrichum piliferum f. fastigiatum (Lindb.) Margad. Lindbergia 1: 129. 1972.
Polytrichum piliferum var. flavipilum Luisier Bróteria, Sér. Bôt. 9: 62. 1910.
Polytrichum piliferum var. gracile Lindb. Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 23: 548. 1867.
Polytrichum piliferum var. horizontale Milde Bryol. Siles.: 253. 1869.
Polytrichum piliferum var. laevipilum (Hampe) Sull. & Lesq. Musci Bor.-Amer. (ed. 2): 326. 1865[1866].
Polytrichum piliferum f. pauperum H.A.Möller Ark. Bot. 17(4): 97. 1922.
Polytrichum piliferum f. procerum Bott. Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1902: 186. 1902.
Polytrichum piliferum var. proliferum Hartm. Handb. Skand. Fl. (ed. 3) 2: 285. 1838.
Polytrichum piliferum f. trachynotum (Müll.Hal.) K.H.Walther Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 48: 255. 1940.
Polytrichum piliferum f. tuberculosum (Müll.Hal.) K.H.Walther Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 48: 254. 1940.
Polytrichum pilosum var. brevipilum C.E.O.Jensen Rev. Bryol. 20: 69. 1893.
Polytrichum pilosum f. fastigiatum (Lindb.) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur.: 71. 1954.
Polytrichum pilosum f. procerum (Bott.) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur.: 71. 1954.
Polytrichum pilosum var. pusillum H.A.Möller Hedwigia 67: 97. 1927.
Polytrichum pilosum f. tectorum (Warnst.) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur.: 71. 1954.
Polytrichum piliferum var. fastigiatum (Lindb.) Bom. & Broth. Herb. Mus. Fenn. (ed. 2), Musci: 28. 1894.
Polytrichum pilosum var. fastigiatum Lindb. Musci Scand.: 12. 1879.

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Language Common/alternative name
English bristly haircap
Czech ploník chluponosný
Welsh gwalltfwsogl gwrychog
German glashaar-haarmützenmoos
German glashaar-widertonmoos
German haartragendes frauenhaar-moos
Finnish karvakarhunsammal
Icelandic gráhaddur
Lithuanian Žilsvasis gegužlinis
Dutch ruig haarmos
Polish płonnik włosisty
Russian Политрихум волосоносный
Swedish hårbjörnmossa
Ukrainian Зозулиний льон волосконосний
Chinese 毛尖金髮苔
Chinese 毛尖金发藓
Chinese 毛尖金髮蘚

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Polytrichum piliferum var. australe Renauld & Cardot Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 33(2): 125. 1895.
Polytrichum piliferum var. piliferum

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001170225
USDA Plants POPI10
Tropicos 35141734
INPN 3875
The Plant List tro-35141734
Open Tree Of Life 329312
Observations.org 17550
NCBI Taxonomy 201562
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000036137
Nature Serve 2.127400
iNaturalist 67905
GBIF 2683058
EPPO PTYPI
EOL 892087
Wikipedia Polytrichum_piliferum
Tropicos 35141597
The Plant List tro-35141597
GBIF 8018543
EOL 8661896
Elurikkus 637066
Plantarium 67346

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Accession Assembly
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GCA_975525945.1 cbPolPili2.1 Chromosome WELLCOME SANGER INSTITUTE 2025-10-26 198 434.43 Mb

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Dune Blowouts as Microbial Hotspots and the Changes of Overall Microbial Activity and Photosynthetic Biomass Along with Succession of Biological Soil Crusts Chowaniec K, Styburski J, Kozioł S, Pisańska Z, Skubała K Microb Ecol 29-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10756888
doi:10.1007/s00248-023-02333-4
PMID:38157058
Diversity, Ecology and Phytogeography of Bryophytes across Temperate Forest Communities—Insight from Mt. Papuk (Croatia, SE Europe) Alegro A, Šegota V, Rimac A, Papp B Plants (Basel) 22-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10574398
doi:10.3390/plants12193346
PMID:37836086
Plant traits and associated data from a warming experiment, a seabird colony, and along elevation in Svalbard Vandvik V, Halbritter AH, Althuizen IH, Christiansen CT, Henn JJ, Jónsdóttir IS, Klanderud K, Macias-Fauria M, Malhi Y, Maitner BS, Michaletz S, Roos RE, Telford RJ, Bass P, Björnsdóttir K, Bustamante LL, Chmurzynski A, Chen S, Haugum SV, Kemppinen J, Lepley K, Li Y, Linabury M, Matos IS, Neto-Bradley BM, Ng M, Niittynen P, Östman S, Pánková K, Roth N, Castorena M, Spiegel M, Thomson E, Vågenes AS, Enquist BJ Sci Data 04-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10477187
doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02467-7
PMID:37666874
The Bryophyte Flora of Vienna Zechmeister HG, Kropik M Plants (Basel) 20-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10458201
doi:10.3390/plants12163002
PMID:37631214
Cryptogamic Biomass in Pannonic Acidic Sand Steppes Subject to Changing Land-Use Aszalósné Balogh R, Farkas E, Tüdősné Budai J, Lőkös L, Matus G Plants (Basel) 17-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10458599
doi:10.3390/plants12162972
PMID:37631183
Fire severity as a key determinant of aboveground and belowground biological community recovery in managed even‐aged boreal forests Pérez‐Izquierdo L, Bengtsson J, Clemmensen KE, Granath G, Gundale MJ, Ibáñez TS, Lindahl BD, Strengbom J, Taylor A, Viketoft M, Wardle DA, Nilsson M Ecol Evol 17-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10191780
doi:10.1002/ece3.10086
PMID:37206687
Uptake of Radionuclides by Bryophytes in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone Schmidt B, Kegler F, Steinhauser G, Chyzhevskyi I, Dubchak S, Ivesic C, Koller-Peroutka M, Laarouchi A, Adlassnig W Toxics 25-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC10056093
doi:10.3390/toxics11030218
PMID:36976983
Long-Term Vegetation Changes and Socioeconomic Effects of River Engineering in Industrialized Areas (Southern Poland) Rahmonov O, Dragan W, Cabała J, Krzysztofik R Int J Environ Res Public Health 27-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9915360
doi:10.3390/ijerph20032255
PMID:36767623
Successional Development of the Phototrophic Community in Biological Soil Crusts on Coastal and Inland Dunes Kammann S, Schiefelbein U, Dolnik C, Mikhailyuk T, Demchenko E, Karsten U, Glaser K Biology (Basel) 29-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9856012
doi:10.3390/biology12010058
PMID:36671750
The Utility of Ground Bryophytes in the Assessment of Soil Condition in Heavy Metal-Polluted Grasslands Rola K, Plášek V Plants (Basel) 11-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9416651
doi:10.3390/plants11162091
PMID:36015394
Differentiation of natural scrub communities of the Cotoneastro-Amelanchieretum group in Central Europe Świerkosz K, Reczyńska K PLoS One 12-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9004749
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0266868
PMID:35413069
First Survey of the Vascular and Cryptogam Flora on Bulgaria’s Ancient Mounds Apostolova I, Sopotlieva D, Valcheva M, Ganeva A, Shivarov V, Velev N, Vassilev K, Terziyska T, Nekhrizov G Plants (Basel) 06-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8912620
doi:10.3390/plants11050705
PMID:35270175
Two centuries of forest succession, and 30 years of vegetation changes in permanent plots in an inland sand dune area, The Netherlands Prach K, Ujházy K, Knopp V, Fanta J PLoS One 29-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8084203
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0250003
PMID:33914751
Transfection of Arctic Bryum sp. KMR5045 as a Model for Genetic Engineering of Cold-Tolerant Mosses Byun MY, Seo S, Lee J, Yoo YH, Lee H Front Plant Sci 08-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7873996
doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.609847
PMID:33584753
Growth performance and emergence of invasive alien Rumex confertus in different soil types Kołodziejek J Sci Rep 23-Dec-2019
PMCID:PMC6928216
doi:10.1038/s41598-019-56068-9
PMID:31873118

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