Encalypta

Classification System: Goffinet et al. (down to genus level)

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Bryophyta
Classis: Bryopsida
Subclassis: Funariidae
Ordo: Encalyptales

Familia: Encalyptaceae
Genus: Encalypta
Species: E. affinis – E. alpina – E. apophysata – E. armata – E. asperifolia – E. brevicollis – E. brevipes – E. buxbaumioidea – E. capillata – E. ciliata – E. cuspidata – E. cylindrica – E. flowersiana – E. hedbergii – E. intermedia – E. labradorica – E. laevigata – E. leiocarpa – E. longicollis – E. microstoma – E. mutica – E. novae-valesiae – E. obovatifolia – E. obtusata – E. obtusifolia – E. peruviana – E. pilifera – E. pilosa – E. procera – E. rauhii – E. rhaptocarpa – E. sandwicensis – E. serbica – E. sibirica – E. sinica – E. spathulata – E. squarrosa – E. streptocarpa – E. subbrevicollis – E. tianschanica – E. tibetana – E. vittiana – E. vulcanica – E. vulgaris
Name

Encalypta Hedw. 1801
References

Hedwig, J. (1801) Species Muscorum frondosorum descriptae et tabulis aeneis lxxvii. (Leipzig), page 60

Links

Crosby M.R. & Magill R. (eds). (2020). MOST: Moss TROPICOS Database (version 1, Jul 2004). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2020-02-24 (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Penev L.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.[1]
Tropicos.org 2020. Encalypta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Apr 2020.

Vernacular names
suomi: Kellosammalet

Encalypta is a genus of moss in the family Encalyptaceae; commonly known as "Extinguisher moss". It includes 34 species and is broadly distributed across the continents of America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, as well as Madagascar and New Zealand. The name is derived from the Greek en, meaning in, and kalyptos, which means to cover, veil or lid.[1]
References

"Encalypta". Flora of North America. Retrieved 2011-05-14.