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Costesia spongiosa

Costesia spongiosa
Photo: (c) Pablo Silva, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0
Family
Gigaspermaceae (Gigasperm family)

About

Costesia is a genus of moss in the family Gigaspermaceae. The genus contains a single species Costesia spongiosa known only from South America,

The genus name of Costesia is in honour of Nathaniel Costes (1875 - 1924?), a French clergyman, naturalist and lecturer at the Collegio der Franziskaner in Santiago, Chile.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Costesia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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