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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

pocketmoss, is a moss in the family Fissidentaceae. It was first collected by Hedwig in 1801. It is found all over North America and even in Greenland and Alaska...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

was the son of Christian III, Count of Oldenburg. His mother was either Hedwig von Oldenburg in Wildeshausen or Jutta of Bentheim. John married twice....

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

County, Pennsylvania, United States in 1833. He arrived with his wife Hedwig (née Hedwig Elenora Brehmer), right after they were married on May 27, 1833 in...

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

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

family Verrucariaceae. The genus was circumscribed by German bryologist Johann Hedwig in 1789. Endocarpon adscendens (Anzi) Müll.Arg. (1881) Endocarpon aridum...

Andreaea is a genus of rock mosses described by Johann Hedwig in 1801. They are small, delicate acrocarpous mosses (meaning that the capsules are formed...