Encalypta

Plants

42 species in the Library

About

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.

Summary from Wikipedia

Encalypta affinis

Encalypta alpina

Encalypta altunense

Encalypta armata

Encalypta asiatica

Encalypta asperifolia

Encalypta brevicolla

Encalypta brevipes

Encalypta buxbaumioidea

Encalypta ciliata

Encalypta cuspidata

Encalypta driva

Encalypta flowersiana

Encalypta gyangzeana

Encalypta hedbergii

Encalypta kangchenjungae

Encalypta lacera

Encalypta longicolla

Encalypta microstoma

Encalypta mutica

Encalypta papillosa

Encalypta peruviana

Encalypta pilifera

Encalypta procera

Encalypta rauhii

Encalypta rhabdocarpa

Encalypta rhaptocarpa

Encalypta robbinsii

Encalypta sandwicensis

Encalypta schelpei

Encalypta sibirica

Encalypta sinica

Encalypta spathulata

Encalypta streptocarpa

Encalypta sylvatica

Encalypta texana

Encalypta tianschanica

Encalypta tibetana

Encalypta trachymitria

Encalypta vittiana

Encalypta vulcanica

Encalypta vulgaris