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Bryum Hedw.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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Hedw.
Hedw.
1801
178
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Bryum Hedw.
genus
Bryum
Bryum is derived from bryon, the Greek word for moss. It was “used by Dioscorides to refer to an unknown cryptogamic plant [and] applied to this genus and its relatives by Dillenius” (Crum & Anderson 1981).

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Bryum

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Bryum Hedw.
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Etymology
Bryum is derived from bryon, the Greek word for moss. It was “used by Dioscorides to refer to an unknown cryptogamic plant [and] applied to this genus and its relatives by Dillenius” (Crum & Anderson 1981).

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8c62e6a4-3a45-4c70-a203-7540a14b8087
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
24 July 2017
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