Seligeria calycina Mitt. ex Lindb.
(English Rock-bristle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSeligeria calycina (English Rock-bristle)
GenusSeligeria (rock-bristles)
FamilySELIGERIACEAE (rock-bristles, bristle-leaves and blindia mosses)
OrderGRIMMIALES (grimmia, fringe-, and bent-mosses, rock-bristles and pincushions)
SubclassEUBRYIDEAE (acrocarpus and pleurocarpous mosses)
ClassBRYOPSIDA (mosses)
PhylumBRYOPHYTA (mosses)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Seligeria calycina (English Rock-bristle) :
1: Seligeria calycina (English Rock-bristle)
20 Feb 2000 OSGR: SU88 51° 30’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on W-facing chalk exposure on roadside bank
Image 1: Plants - in situImage 2: Plants - in situ (2)Image 3: Plants - in situ (3)Image 4: CapsuleImage 5: CapsulesImage 6: Capsules (2)Image 7: Capsules (3)Image 8: Capsules - close-upImage 9: Fertile plantImage 10: Fertile Plant (2)Image 11: Plants - close-upImage 12: Plants - close-up (2)Image 13: Vegetative state - close-upImage 14: Vegetative state - close-up (2)Image 15: Vegetative state - close-up (3)Image 16: CalyptraImage 17: Calyptra - cell structureImage 18: Capsule and calyptraImage 19: Capsule wall - cell structureImage 20: Capsule wall - cell structure (2)Image 21: Leaf base - cell structureImage 22: Leaf cells - margin near mid-leafImage 23: Leaf cells - midleafImage 24: Leaf tip - lateral viewImage 25: Leaf tip - lateral view (2)Image 26: Perichaetial leafImage 27: Perichaetial leaf - shouldersImage 28: Plant - vegetative part
2: Seligeria calycina (English Rock-bristle)
21 Mar 1976 OSGR: TQ21 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
on chalk exposure
Image 1: In situ - close-up - enlargedImage 2: In situ - enlargedImage 3: In situ - enlarged (2)Image 4: Side view - magnifiedImage 5: Side view - magnified (2)Image 6: Side view - magnified (3)Image 7: Top view - magnified
3: Seligeria calycina (English Rock-bristle)
16 Feb 1975 OSGR: SU88 51° 30’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on chalk stone
Image 1: In situ - detail - enlargedImage 2: In situ - enlargedImage 3: Capule - magnifiedImage 4: Leaf - magnifiedImage 5: Side view - magnifiedImage 6: Side view - magnified (2)

Seligeria calycina (English Rock-bristle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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