Neckera complanata

Neckera complanata, the flat Neckera, is a species of moss of the genus Neckera and is member of the Neckeraceae family. This species of moss was found in the colon of the Tyrolean Iceman.[1]

Neckera complanata
Neckera complanata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Hypnales
Family: Neckeraceae
Genus: Neckera
Species:
N. complanata
Binomial name
Neckera complanata
(Hedw.) Hüb.

References

  1. Dickson, James H.; Oeggl, Klaus; Holden, Timothy G.; Handley, Linda L.; O'Connell, Tamsin C.; Preston, Thomas (29 December 2000). "The omnivorous Tyrolean Iceman: colon contents (meat, cereals, pollen, moss and whipworm) and stable isotope analyses". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences. 355 (1404): 1843–1849. doi:10.1098/rstb.2000.0739. PMC 1692906.


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