by Blanka Shaw

Philonotis is a genus from the moss family of Bartramiaceae. Species of Philonotis grow in wet places all over the world. Its name comes from Greek, where 'filos' means 'to love' and 'notis' refers to 'moistness'. Most species show extreme amount of variation and that is what makes them difficult but also very interesting to study.

This site summarizes the current information about the species occuring in Europe, North America, and in future also in other continents.

• Useful characters & notes for using determination keys
• About the genus
• Key to the European species of Philonotis by B. Shaw
• Key to the North American species of Philonotis by D. Griffin III - Link to BFNA
• Bartramiaceae in Mosses of the Tropical Andes by S. Churchill
• World List of Philonotis species by M. Crosby et al., 2000
• Index of published Philonotis taxa according to W3Tropicos database
• Area Lists
• Morphological variation
• Genetic variation
• Chemistry
• Regeneration
• Other papers

This site is still under construction. It is based mainly on my dissertation thesis defended at Charles University, Prague, in 2004.

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