Common Extinguisher-Moss

Encalypta vulgaris

Hedw. Species

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Botanical name
Encalypta vulgaris
Also known as
Common Extinguisher-Moss
Family
Encalyptaceae
Genus
Encalypta
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Common Extinguisher-Moss

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Encalypta vulgaris but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Bryum extinctorium Encalypta australis Encalypta extinctoria Encalypta extinctoria var. apiculata Encalypta extinctoria var. elongata Encalypta extinctoria var. mutica Encalypta extinctoria var. obtusa Encalypta laevigata Encalypta leptodon var. extinctoria Encalypta novae-valesiae Encalypta novae-zealandiae Encalypta obtusata Encalypta obtusifolia Encalypta orsinii Encalypta pumila Encalypta rhaptocarpa var. obtusifolia Encalypta tasmanica Encalypta vulgaris f. apiculata Encalypta vulgaris f. aurea Encalypta vulgaris f. calcarea Encalypta vulgaris f. grisea Encalypta vulgaris f. obtusa Encalypta vulgaris var. apiculata Encalypta vulgaris var. elongata Encalypta vulgaris var. elongata Encalypta vulgaris var. laevigata Encalypta vulgaris var. lunata Encalypta vulgaris var. mutica Encalypta vulgaris var. obtusa Encalypta vulgaris var. obtusifolia Encalypta vulgaris var. pilifera Encalypta vulgaris var. piligera Encalypta vulgaris var. vulgaris Grimmia extinctoria Hymenostoma encalyptroides Leersia extinctoria Leersia extinctoria var. apiculata Leersia extinctoria var. obtusa Leersia extinctoria var. obtusifolia Leersia vulgaris Pyramidium vulgare Pyramitrium novae-valesiae Pyromitrium vulgare Tortula mairei

Others in Encalypta

Encalypta mutica
Encalypta kangchenjungae
Encalypta longicolla
Encalypta peruviana
Encalypta tibetana
Encalypta trachymitra
Encalypta vittiana
Encalypta affinis subsp. macounii

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