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Brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits
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andreaea
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Andreaea \Andreaea\ n. 1. 1 a genus of brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits. Syn: genus Andreaea .
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Andreaea is a genus of rock mosses described as a genus in 1801. They are small, delicate acrocarpous mosses (meaning that the capsules are formed at the tips of vertical branches) that form dark brown or reddish cushions on wet siliceous rocks in mountainous ...