Pohlia nutans, the nodding thread-moss, is a species of moss in the family Mniaceae.[2] It has a Cosmopolitan distribution, found on all seven continents; Europe, Iceland, Siberia, Japan, North America, Greenland, the Andes of South America, South Africa, Tasmania and nearby mainland Australia, New Zealand, and the Antarctic Peninsula and Mount Rittmann in Antarctica.[1] An extremophile, it is resistant to cold, drought, salt, acid, heavy metals, and intense UV radiation.[3][4][5][6]

Pohlia nutans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Bryales
Family: Mniaceae
Genus: Pohlia
Species:
P. nutans
Binomial name
Pohlia nutans
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Bryum afronutans Müll.Hal.
    • Bryum austronutans Müll.Hal.
    • Bryum basalticum Warnst. & Geh.
    • Bryum beccarii Müll.Hal.
    • Bryum bicolor (Hoppe & Hornsch.) Brid.
    • Bryum caespitosum (Hoppe & Hornsch.) Brid.
    • Bryum caespitosum var. sphagnetorum (Schimp.) Boulay
    • Bryum caespitosum var. strangulatum (Nees) Rabenh.
    • Bryum compactum Austin
    • Bryum cucullatiforme Kindb.
    • Bryum ecklonianum Müll.Hal.
    • Bryum graniticum Warnst. & Geh.
    • Bryum humidulum Sull.
    • Bryum implexum Sw.
    • Bryum insulare Houtt.
    • Bryum interruptum Dicks.
    • Bryum laxum Reichardt
    • Bryum leptopelmatum Müll.Hal.
    • Bryum longifolium Müll
    • Bryum montanum Müll.Hal.
    • Bryum nigricans Dicks.
    • Bryum nutans (Hedw.) Turner
    • Bryum nutans subsp. macounii Kindb.
    • Bryum pertenellum Bryhn & Ryan
    • Bryum pulvinatum Müll.Hal.
    • Bryum sericeum Huds.
    • Bryum sericeum Huds. ex With.
    • Bryum sphagnadelphus Müll.Hal.
    • Bryum subdenticulatum Brid.
    • Bryum torlessense R.Br.bis
    • Bryum trichodes Hedw.
    • Bryum umbrosum Wallr.
    • Hypnum nutans (Hedw.) F.Web. & D.Mohr
    • Lamprophyllum nutans (Hedw.) Lindb.
    • Mnium nutans (Hedw.) Hoffm.
    • Mnium nutans (Hedw.) Hoffm. ex Spreng.
    • Pohlia caespitosa (Hoppe & Hornsch.) Lazarenko
    • Pohlia longifolia (A.Jaeger) Watts & Whitel.
    • Pohlia montana (Müll.Hal.) Watts & Whitel.
    • Pohlia nutans var. bicolor (Hoppe & Hornsch.) Hult
    • Pohlia nutans var. caespitosa (Hoppe & Hornsch.) Podp.
    • Pohlia nutans var. longiseta (Huebener) Delogne
    • Pohlia nutans var. nutans
    • Pohlia nutans f. paludosa (Warnst.) Podp.
    • Pohlia nutans var. paludosa Warnst.
    • Pohlia nutans f. sphagnetorum (Schimp.) Kopsch
    • Pohlia nutans var. sphagnetorum (Schimp.) Delogne
    • Pohlia nutans var. strangulata (Nees) Delogne
    • Pohlia nutans var. subdenticulata (Brid.) Delogne
    • Pohlia nutans f. turbinata (Bom.) Podp.
    • Pohlia nutans var. turbinata (Bom.) H.Möller
    • Pohlia polygama Kindb.
    • Pohlia rutilans Broth.
    • Pohlia spongnicola (Bruch & Schimp.) Broth.
    • Pohlia tomentoso-caespitosa Ochi
    • Pseudobryum ramannii Warnst.
    • Pseudopohlia merrillii Broth.
    • Webera bicolor Hoppe & Hornsch.
    • Webera caespitosa Hoppe & Hornsch.
    • Webera canaliculata Müll.Hal. & Kindb.
    • Webera duriuscula Broth.
    • Webera ecklonii Müll.Hal.
    • Webera longifolia A.Jaeger
    • Webera montana (Müll.Hal.) Paris
    • Webera nutans Hedw.
    • Webera nutans var. bicolor (Hoppe & Hornsch.) Fürnr.
    • Webera nutans var. caespitosa (Hoppe & Hornsch.) Fürnr.
    • Webera nutans var. longiseta Huebener
    • Webera nutans var. nutans
    • Webera nutans var. sphagnetorum Schimp.
    • Webera nutans var. strangulata (Nees) Schimp.
    • Webera nutans var. subdenticulata (Brid.) Huebener
    • Webera nutans var. turbinata Bom.
    • Webera pendula Hornsch.
    • Webera racovitzae Cardot
    • Webera strangulata Nees
    • Webera subdenticulata (Brid.) Podp.

Pohlia nutans is subject to fungal infections which cause fairy rings to appear. Some causative agents have been identified, including species of Cladosporium, Mortierella gamsii and Mortierella fimbricystis.[7]

Subtaxa edit

The following subtaxa are accepted:[1]

  • Pohlia nutans subsp. nutans (Hedw.) Lindb.
  • Pohlia nutans subsp. otaruensis (Cardot) Ochi
  • Pohlia nutans subsp. schimperi (Müll.Hal.) Nyholm
  • Pohlia nutans f. angustiretis (H.Winter ex Broth.) Podp.
  • Pohlia nutans f. arenaria (Mikut.) Podp.
  • Pohlia nutans f. brevicuspidata (Roll) Podp.
  • Pohlia nutans f. bryoides (Schiffner) Podp.
  • Pohlia nutans f. compacta (Roll) Podp.
  • Pohlia nutans f. cuspidatulum (Kindb.) Podp.
  • Pohlia nutans f. decurtata (Warnst.) Podp.
  • Pohlia nutans f. flagellata (Roll) Podp.
  • Pohlia nutans f. gemmiclada (Schiffner) Podp.
  • Pohlia nutans f. inclinata (Podp.) Podp.
  • Pohlia nutans f. laxa (H.Winter) Podp.
  • Pohlia nutans f. longicuspidata (Roll) Podp.
  • Pohlia nutans f. microspora (Latzel) Podp.
  • Pohlia nutans f. mollis (Warnst.) Podp.
  • Pohlia nutans f. nutans
  • Pohlia nutans f. patula (Loeske) E.Bauer
  • Pohlia nutans f. pehrii (Latzel) Podp.
  • Pohlia nutans f. prolifera (Warnst.) Podp.
  • Pohlia nutans f. pseudocucullata (Limpr.) Podp.
  • Pohlia nutans f. purpurascens (Latzel) Podp.
  • Pohlia nutans f. ramosissima (Hamm.) Podp.
  • Pohlia nutans f. robusta (Boulay) Podp.
  • Pohlia nutans f. saltans (Loeske) Podp.
  • Pohlia nutans f. stollei (Riehm.) Podp.
  • Pohlia nutans f. teres (C.E.O.Jensen) Podp.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. "Pohlia nutans Lindberg, 1879". gbif.org. GBIF Secretariat. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  2. ^ Goffinet, B.; Buck, W. R. (31 March 2020). "Classification of extant moss genera". bryology.uconn.edu. University of Connecticut. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  3. ^ Boulc'h, Pierre-Nicolas; Caullireau, Emma; Faucher, Elvina; Gouerou, Maverick; Guérin, Amandine; Miray, Romane; Couée, Ivan (2020). "Abiotic stress signalling in extremophile land plants". Journal of Experimental Botany. 71 (19): 5771–5785. doi:10.1093/jxb/eraa336. PMID 32687568.
  4. ^ Wang, Jing; Liu, Shenghao; Liu, Hongwei; Chen, Kaoshan; Zhang, Pengying (2019). "PnSAG1, an E3 ubiquitin ligase of the Antarctic moss Pohlia nutans, enhanced sensitivity to salt stress and ABA". Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 141: 343–352. doi:10.1016/j.plaphy.2019.06.002. PMID 31207495. S2CID 190533214.
  5. ^ Munford, Kimber E.; Asemaninejad, Asma; Basiliko, Nathan; Mykytczuk, Nadia C. S.; Glasauer, Susan; McGarry, Samantha; Watmough, Shaun A. (2021). "Native plants facilitate vegetation succession on amended and unamended mine tailings". International Journal of Phytoremediation: 1–12. doi:10.1080/15226514.2021.1987382. PMID 34647850. S2CID 238858978.
  6. ^ Li, Chengcheng; Liu, Shenghao; Zhang, Wei; Chen, Kaoshan; Zhang, Pengying (2019). "Transcriptional profiling and physiological analysis reveal the critical roles of ROS-scavenging system in the Antarctic moss Pohlia nutans under Ultraviolet-B radiation". Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 134: 113–122. doi:10.1016/j.plaphy.2018.10.034. PMID 30448024. S2CID 53947267.
  7. ^ Rosa, Luiz Henrique; Sousa, Jordana Rosa Paiva de; Menezes, Graciéle Cunha Alves de; Coehlo, Lívia da Costa; Carvalho-Silva, Micheline; Convey, Peter; Câmara, Paulo Eduardo Aguiar Saraiva (2020). "Opportunistic fungi found in fairy rings are present on different moss species in the Antarctic Peninsula". Polar Biology. 43: 587–596. doi:10.1007/s00300-020-02663-w.