Tetraphis pellucida

Tetraphis pellucida
Tetraphis pellucida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Tetraphidopsida
Order: Tetraphidales
Family: Tetraphidaceae
Genus: Tetraphis
Species:
T. pellucida
Binomial name
Tetraphis pellucida

Tetraphis pellucida, the pellucid four-tooth moss, is one of two species of moss in the acrocarpous genus Tetraphis. Its name refers to its four large peristome teeth found on the sporophyte capsule.