Johann Hedwig (8 December 1730 – 18 February 1799), also styled as Johannes Hedwig, was a German botanist notable for his studies of mosses. He is sometimes...

slalom canoeist Johann Hedwig, (1730–1799), German botanist Romanus Adolf Hedwig (1772–1806), German botanist, son of Johann Hedwig Hedwig Fountain, a fountain...

Funaria is a genus of approximately 210 species of moss. Funaria hygrometrica is the most common species. Funaria hygrometrica is called “cord moss” because...

Polytrichum is a genus of mosses — commonly called haircap moss or hair moss — which contains approximately 70 species that have a cosmopolitan distribution...

previously described and named as one species, Neckera seductrix by Johann Hedwig. He was a German botanist who made many contributions to the study of...

Mnium is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Mniaceae. The species of this genus are found in Europe and North America. The following species are...

Fontinalis antipyretica, greater water-moss, or common water moss, is a species of submerged aquatic moss belonging to the subclass Bryidae. It is found...

Funaria hygrometrica, the bonfire moss or common cord-moss, is a type of water moss which grows on shady, moist soil. It can also be found on moist walls...

Hypnum cupressiforme, the cypress-leaved plaitmoss or hypnum moss, is a common and widespread species of moss belonging to the genus Hypnum. It is found...

Tortula is a genus of mosses in the family Pottiaceae. There are different classifications for the species included in the genus. The delimitation of genus...

Mnium stellare, the starry thyme-moss or stellar calcareous moss, is a moss species in the genus Mnium. Edwards, Sean R. (2012). English Names for British...

American moss in the family Fissidentaceae. It was first described by Johann Hedwig in 1801. The Nitinaht First Nations of Vancouver Island have used maidenhair...

Fissidens is a genus of over 480 species of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the family Fissidentaceae. Selected species: Fissidens acacioides Schrad...

Barbula unguiculata is a species of moss belonging to the family Pottiaceae. Barbula unguiculata is known to be able to use artificial light to grow in...

Timmia megapolitana, also known as Indian feather moss and warrior moss is a genus of moss in the family Timmiaceae and order Timmiales. Timmia megapolitana...

Octoblepharum is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the monotypic family Octoblepharaceae . The genus Octoblepharum was previously placed...

Moss (Dicranum scoparium)". illinoiswildflowers.info. "Dicranum scoparium Hedwig". Flora of North America. "kvastmossa Dicranum scoparium Hedw". Artdatabanken...

Gemmabryum caespiticium, handbell moss, is a species of moss belonging to the family Bryaceae. It has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Gemmabryum caespiticium...

Andreaea rupestris is a species of moss in the class Andreaeopsida, are commonly referred to as the "lantern mosses" due to the appearance of their dehisced...

Hedwig of Silesia (also Hedwig of Andechs (German: Heilige Hedwig von Andechs, Polish: Święta Jadwiga Śląska, Latin: Hedvigis; 1174 – 15 October 1243)...

Ptychostomum pseudotriquetrum, commonly known as marsh bryum, is a species of moss belonging to the family Bryaceae. It is distinguished by its strongly...

belonging to the family Dicranaceae. It has almost cosmopolitan distribution. "Dicranum spurium Hedwig, 1801". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 14 February 2021. v t e...

[...] German botanist, Johann Hedwig (1730–1799), known as the father of bryology and the 'Linnaeus of mosses,' [...]. Hedwig, Johannes (1782). Fundamentum...

arachidonic acid. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mnium hornum. Hedwig. Sp. Musc. Frond. (1801). "Mnium hornum - Swan's-neck thyme-moss" (PDF)...

royalty in Dresden. The moss genus Pohlia was named in his honor by Johann Hedwig. Animadversiones in structuram ac figuram foliorum in plantis, 1771...

genus was first described by Johann Hedwig. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Pterigynandrum filiforme Hedwig, 1801 "Pterigynandrum Hedw"...

belonging to the family Neckeraceae. The genus was first described by Johann Hedwig. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. Medium-sized to large mosses...

spermatophytes, mycology, and bryology. He is the son of notable bryologist Johann Hedwig. The standard author abbreviation R.Hedw. is used to indicate this person...

live with Johann Nepomuk on his farm. Johann Nepomuk Hiedler (also known as Johann Nepomuk Hüttler) was named after a Bohemian saint, Johann von Nepomuk...

later brought into modern botanical nomenclature in 1801 by Johann Hedwig to commemorate Johann Christian Buxbaum, a German physician and botanist who discovered...