Exsertotheca crispa (Hedw.) S.Olsson, Enroth & D.Quandt, 2011

Common names

• 🇬🇧 Crisped Neckera
• 🇫🇷 Neckère crispée

Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Setaphytes
• Clade: Bryophytes
• Class: Bryopsida
• Subclass: Bryidae
• Order: Hypnales
• Family: Neckeraceae
• Genus: Exsertotheca
• Species: Exsertotheca crispa

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

• Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

This species was previously known as Neckera crispa Hedw., 1801. The genus Neckera was paraphyletic, and was subsequently split into several genera.

The oldest stems turn brown, while the young shoots are green. Found on trees in woodland.

Photographs

Sources

• Atherton, I., Bosanquet, S., & Lawley, M. (2010). Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland: a field guide (p. 680). British Bryological Society.

• Campisi, P., & Cogoni, A. (2019). Exsertotheca crispa (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2019. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/87467229/87771527

• Olsson, S., Enroth, J., Buchbender, V., Hedenäs, L., Huttunen, S., & Quandt, D. (2011). Neckera and Thamnobryum (Neckeraceae, Bryopsida): Paraphyletic assemblage. Taxon, 60(1), 36-50. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.601005