Encalypta

Short description: Genus of mosses

Encalypta

Encalypta vulgaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Division:  | Bryophyta
Class:  | Bryopsida
Order:  | Encalyptales
Family:  | Encalyptaceae
Genus:  | Encalypta
Hedw.
Species

Encalypta alpina
Encalypta brevicollis
Encalypta ciliata
Encalypta rhaptocarpa
Encalypta streptocarpa
Encalypta vulgaris

Encalypta is a genus of moss in the family Encalyptaceae; commonly known as "extinguisher moss". It includes 34 species and is broadly distributed across the continents of America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, as well as Madagascar and New Zealand. The name is derived from the Greek en, meaning in, and kalyptos, which means to cover, veil or lid.[1]

## References

1. ↑ "Encalypta". Flora of North America. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=111589. Retrieved 2011-05-14.

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