Hylocomium splendens

Wells, J.M. and D.H.S. Richardson. 1985. Anion accumulation by the moss Hylocomium splendens uptake and competition studies involving arsenate, selenate, selenite, phosphate, sulphate and sulphite. New Phytol. 101 571-583. 

Plagiomnium cuspidatum, Dicranoloma robustum, Hylocomium splendens (Musci), Racomitrium lanuginosum (Musci), Antitrichia curtipendula (Musci) [1, 2 5]... 

Becker, R., Mues, R., Zinsmeister, H.D., Herzog, F. and Geiger, H. A new Biflavone and further Flavonoids from the Moss hylocomium splendens. Z. Naturforsch. 41c, 1986, pp 507-10 (name, occurrence)... 

Kang, S. J. Kim, S. H. Liu, P. Jovel, E. Towers, G. H. N., Antibacterial activities of some mosses including Hylocomium splendens from South Western British Columbia, Fitoterapia, 2007, 78, 373-376. 

Figure 6. Lead concentrations (mg-kg ) in Hypnum cupressiforme versus Hylocomium splendens.

Berg, T., O. R set and E. Steinnes Moss (Hylocomium splendens) used as biomonitor of atmospheric trace element deposition estimation of uptake efficiencies, Atmos. Environ. 29 (3) (1995) 353-360. 

In the case of the mosses investigated by Turner et al. (2001), the azo-dye bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl phosphate (BCIP), which forms a blue/purple colour following hydrolysis (Coston and Holt, 1958), proved to be the most useful stain. Staining occurred in different locations in different species. In some species (e.g. Hylocomium splendens and Racomitrium lanuginosum] staining occurred inside the cell wall. 

Bryophytes such as mosses have no roots, but instead rely exclusively upon atmospheric inputs for nutrient elements. They also receive Pb from the air, and retain it efficiently, allowing moss analyses to be used as a monitoring tool for studying changes in atmospheric metal deposition. The isotopic composition of Pb in forest moss species such as Hylocomium splendens [139] and Polytri-chum formosum [140] which have been collected annually during the past decades, allows a reconstruction of the predominant sources of anthropogenic Pb and their temporal variation. Lichens can be used for the same purposes... 

When the suggested terminology is applied to a few example species, the orthotropous capsules of Sanionia georgicomcinata (Miill. Hal.) Ochyra and Hedenas are erect in their habitat, whereas those of Homalothecium sericeum (Hedw.) Schimp. are horizontal. The orthogonal capsules of Hylocomium splendens (Hedw.) Schimp. are horizontal. 

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