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  "last_modified": "2026-06-03",
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    "scientific": "Weissia controversa",
    "authorship": "Hedw.",
    "genus": "Weissia",
    "epithet": "controversa",
    "family": "Pottiaceae",
    "rank": "species",
    "taxonomic_status": "accepted",
    "accepted_according_to": "World Flora Online Plant List, 2026-06",
    "is_homonym": false,
    "published_in": "Sp. Musc. Frond.: 67. 1801.",
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      "preferred": "Controversial Weissia Moss",
      "english": [
        "Controversial Weissia Moss",
        "controverial weissia moss",
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        "name": "Bryum controversum",
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        "name": "Bryum micro-odontum",
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        "name": "Bryum microdontum",
        "authorship": "(Hedw.) P.Beauv."
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      {
        "name": "Bryum virens",
        "authorship": "Dicks."
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      {
        "name": "Bryum viridulum",
        "authorship": "With."
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      {
        "name": "Dicranoweisia pumecicola",
        "authorship": "Sakurai"
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      {
        "name": "Dicranoweisia riparia",
        "authorship": "(Hampe) Paris"
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      {
        "name": "Dicranum xanthodon",
        "authorship": "Hedw."
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        "name": "Dicranum xanthodon var. majus",
        "authorship": "Hampe"
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        "name": "Dicranum xanthodon var. minus",
        "authorship": "Hampe"
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        "name": "Grimmia controversa",
        "authorship": "(Hedw.) F.Weber & D.Mohr"
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      {
        "name": "Grimmia crispa",
        "authorship": "Roth ex G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Schreb."
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        "name": "Grimmia micro-odonta",
        "authorship": "(Hedw.) F.Weber & D.Mohr"
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      {
        "name": "Gymnostomum cirrhatum",
        "authorship": "De Not."
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      {
        "name": "Gymnostomum crispatum",
        "authorship": "(Nees & Hornsch.) Schimp."
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      {
        "name": "Gymnostomum micaceum",
        "authorship": "Schltdl."
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      {
        "name": "Gymnostomum oranicum",
        "authorship": "(Müll.Hal.) Rehmann ex Paris"
      },
      {
        "name": "Gymnostomum pabstianum",
        "authorship": "(Müll.Hal.) A.Jaeger"
      },
      {
        "name": "Gymnostomum rauanum",
        "authorship": "Austin"
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      {
        "name": "Gymnostomum schimperi",
        "authorship": "Molendo"
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      {
        "name": "Gymnostomum tortile var. alpinum",
        "authorship": "Schimp."
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      {
        "name": "Gymnostomum tortile var. subcylindricum",
        "authorship": "(Bruch & Schimp.) Schimp."
      },
      {
        "name": "Hymenostomum crispatum",
        "authorship": "Nees & Hornsch."
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      {
        "name": "Hymenostomum mexicanum",
        "authorship": "Cardot"
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      {
        "name": "Hymenostomum micaceum",
        "authorship": "(Schltdl.) Hampe"
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      {
        "name": "Hymenostomum minutissimum",
        "authorship": "Paris"
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      {
        "name": "Hymenostomum olivaceum",
        "authorship": "Müll.Hal. ex Geh."
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      {
        "name": "Hymenostomum oranicum",
        "authorship": "(Müll.Hal.) Paris"
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      {
        "name": "Hymenostomum pabstianum",
        "authorship": "(Müll.Hal.) Broth."
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      {
        "name": "Hymenostomum rutilans subsp. subglobosum",
        "authorship": "(Nees & Hornsch.) Hampe"
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      {
        "name": "Hymenostomum subglobosum",
        "authorship": "Nees & Hornsch."
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      {
        "name": "Hymenostomum submicaceum",
        "authorship": "(Müll.Hal.) Paris"
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      {
        "name": "Hymenostomum tortile var. alpinum",
        "authorship": "(Schimp.) Schimp."
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      {
        "name": "Hymenostomum tortile var. crispatum",
        "authorship": "(Nees & Hornsch.) Podp."
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      {
        "name": "Hymenostomum tortile var. subcylindricum",
        "authorship": "Bruch & Schimp."
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      {
        "name": "Leptobryum crispatum",
        "authorship": "(Nees & Hornsch.) Gugelb."
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      {
        "name": "Mollia crispata",
        "authorship": "(Nees & Hornsch.) Braithw."
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      {
        "name": "Mollia longiseta",
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      {
        "name": "Mollia viridula",
        "authorship": "Lindb."
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      {
        "name": "Mollia viridula var. amblyodon",
        "authorship": "(Brid.) Braithw."
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      {
        "name": "Mollia viridula var. densifolia",
        "authorship": "(Bruch & Schimp.) Braithw."
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      {
        "name": "Mollia viridula var. gymnostomoides",
        "authorship": "(Brid.) Lindb."
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      {
        "name": "Phascum vernicosum",
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        "name": "Phascum vernicosum var. minus",
        "authorship": "Müll.Hal. ex G.Roth"
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      {
        "name": "Rechingerella macedonica",
        "authorship": "J.Froehl."
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      {
        "name": "Simophyllum viridulum",
        "authorship": "Lindb."
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      {
        "name": "Tetrapterum vernicosum",
        "authorship": "(Müll.Hal. ex G.Roth) Broth."
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      {
        "name": "Tortella crispata",
        "authorship": "(Nees & Hornsch.) C.E.O.Jensen"
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      {
        "name": "Tortella viridula",
        "authorship": "C.E.O.Jensen"
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        "name": "Tortella viridula var. amblyodon",
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        "name": "Tortella viridula var. densifolia",
        "authorship": "(Bruch & Schimp.) C.E.O.Jensen"
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      {
        "name": "Trichostomum exulatum",
        "authorship": "R.H.Zander"
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      {
        "name": "Trichostomum pallidisetum var. brachyodon",
        "authorship": "Spindl."
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      {
        "name": "Trichostomum sciophilum",
        "authorship": "Müll.Hal."
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        "name": "Trichostomum triumphans var. brachyodon",
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        "name": "Weissia amblyodon",
        "authorship": "Brid."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia apiculata var. subglobosa",
        "authorship": "(Nees & Hornsch.) Rabenh."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia brachycarpa",
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      {
        "name": "Weissia brandegeei",
        "authorship": "Austin"
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      {
        "name": "Weissia bruchiana",
        "authorship": "Hornsch."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia cirrata var. amblyodon",
        "authorship": "(Brid.) Hampe"
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      {
        "name": "Weissia cirrata var. bruchiana",
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        "name": "Weissia controversa f. fasciculata",
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        "name": "Weissia controversa f. longiseta",
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        "name": "Weissia controversa f. protonematica",
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        "name": "Weissia controversa f. ticinensis",
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        "name": "Weissia controversa var. amblyodon",
        "authorship": "(Brid.) Sendtn."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia controversa var. amoeneviridis",
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      {
        "name": "Weissia controversa var. arenicola",
        "authorship": "(Limpr.) Podp."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia controversa var. australis",
        "authorship": "(Austin ex Rau & Herv.) Schornh."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia controversa var. brachycarpa",
        "authorship": "Nees & Hornsch."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia controversa var. brachyneura",
        "authorship": "(J.J.Amann) Podp."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia controversa var. densifolia",
        "authorship": "(Bruch & Schimp.) Demaret"
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      {
        "name": "Weissia controversa var. exigua",
        "authorship": "Schultz ex Nees & Hornsch."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia controversa var. gibbosula",
        "authorship": "(J.J.Amann) Podp."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia controversa var. gymnostomoides",
        "authorship": "(Brid.) Hobk."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia controversa var. humilis",
        "authorship": "(Funck ex Brid.) Hampe"
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      {
        "name": "Weissia controversa var. latifolia",
        "authorship": "(Velen.) Podp."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia controversa var. longiseta",
        "authorship": "(Lesq. & James) H.A.Crum, Steere & L.E.Anderson"
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      {
        "name": "Weissia controversa var. micro-odonta",
        "authorship": "(Hedw.) Röhl."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia controversa var. microdus",
        "authorship": "(Schwägr.) Hartm."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia controversa var. microstoma",
        "authorship": "Huebener"
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      {
        "name": "Weissia controversa var. nitidifolia",
        "authorship": "(Farneti) Podp."
      },
      {
        "name": "Weissia controversa var. rutilans",
        "authorship": "Huebener"
      },
      {
        "name": "Weissia controversa var. stenocarpa",
        "authorship": "Nees & Hornsch."
      },
      {
        "name": "Weissia controversa var. subglobosa",
        "authorship": "(Schimp. ex Limpr.) Podp."
      },
      {
        "name": "Weissia controversa var. turfosa",
        "authorship": "(Podp.) Podp."
      },
      {
        "name": "Weissia controversa var. wolfii",
        "authorship": "(Lesq. & James) H.A.Crum, Steere & L.E.Anderson"
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      {
        "name": "Weissia crispata",
        "authorship": "(Nees & Hornsch.) Müll.Hal."
      },
      {
        "name": "Weissia crispata f. rudolphiana",
        "authorship": "(Nees & Hornsch.) Herzog"
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      {
        "name": "Weissia crispata var. alpina",
        "authorship": "(Schimp.) Breidl."
      },
      {
        "name": "Weissia crispata var. subgymnostoma",
        "authorship": "Podp."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia crispula var. humilis",
        "authorship": "(Funck ex Brid.) Huebener"
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      {
        "name": "Weissia curvicaulis",
        "authorship": "Brid."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia cyrnaea",
        "authorship": "Brid."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia erythrogona",
        "authorship": "Brid."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia fallax",
        "authorship": "Sehlm."
      },
      {
        "name": "Weissia fallax var. alpina",
        "authorship": "(Schimp.) Podp."
      },
      {
        "name": "Weissia fallax var. subgymnostoma",
        "authorship": "(Podp.) Podp."
      },
      {
        "name": "Weissia flavipes",
        "authorship": "Hook.f. & Wilson"
      },
      {
        "name": "Weissia graeca",
        "authorship": "Schiffn."
      },
      {
        "name": "Weissia gymnostomoides",
        "authorship": "Brid."
      },
      {
        "name": "Weissia gymnostomoides var. fallax",
        "authorship": "(Sehlm.) Hampe"
      },
      {
        "name": "Weissia humilis",
        "authorship": "Funck ex Brid."
      },
      {
        "name": "Weissia linguaelata",
        "authorship": "J.Shaw"
      },
      {
        "name": "Weissia longidentata",
        "authorship": "R.S.Williams"
      },
      {
        "name": "Weissia longiseta",
        "authorship": "Lesq. & James"
      },
      {
        "name": "Weissia micacea",
        "authorship": "(Schltdl.) Müll.Hal."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia micro-odonta",
        "authorship": "Hedw."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia microdus",
        "authorship": "Schwägr."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia microstoma",
        "authorship": "Hornsch."
      },
      {
        "name": "Weissia microtheca",
        "authorship": "Thér."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia minutissima",
        "authorship": "Müll.Hal."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia mutabilis",
        "authorship": "Brid."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia nudiflora",
        "authorship": "Müll.Hal. & Hampe"
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      {
        "name": "Weissia obscura",
        "authorship": "Röhl."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia oranica",
        "authorship": "Müll.Hal."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia pabstiana",
        "authorship": "Müll.Hal."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia patagonica",
        "authorship": "Cardot & Broth."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia raui",
        "authorship": "Austin"
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      {
        "name": "Weissia rigescens",
        "authorship": "Broth."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia riparia",
        "authorship": "Hampe"
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      {
        "name": "Weissia rudolphiana",
        "authorship": "Nees & Hornsch."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia sinensis",
        "authorship": "Thér."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia submicacea",
        "authorship": "Müll.Hal."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia sulcata",
        "authorship": "Thér."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia tortilis",
        "authorship": "Spreng."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia tortilis subsp. alpina",
        "authorship": "(Schimp.) Molendo"
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      {
        "name": "Weissia tortilis subsp. crispata",
        "authorship": "(Nees & Hornsch.) Dixon"
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      {
        "name": "Weissia tortilis var. fallax",
        "authorship": "(Sehlm.) Mönk."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia tortilis var. subcylindrica",
        "authorship": "(Bruch & Schimp.) Dixon"
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      {
        "name": "Weissia vallis-gratiae",
        "authorship": "Müll.Hal."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia virens",
        "authorship": "(Dicks.) Brid. ex Boucher"
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      {
        "name": "Weissia viridula",
        "authorship": "Hedw. ex H.Mart."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia viridula f. cylindrocarpa",
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      {
        "name": "Weissia viridula f. fasciculata",
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      {
        "name": "Weissia viridula f. longiseta",
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      {
        "name": "Weissia viridula f. protonematica",
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        "name": "Weissia viridula f. ticinensis",
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        "name": "Weissia viridula subsp. crispata",
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      {
        "name": "Weissia viridula subsp. longirostris",
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      {
        "name": "Weissia viridula subsp. longiseta",
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        "name": "Weissia viridula var. amblyodon",
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        "name": "Weissia viridula var. arenicola",
        "authorship": "Limpr."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia viridula var. australis",
        "authorship": "Austin ex Rau & Herv."
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      {
        "name": "Weissia viridula var. brachyneura",
        "authorship": "J.J.Amann"
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      {
        "name": "Weissia viridula var. brandegeei",
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        "name": "Weissia viridula var. densifolia",
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      {
        "name": "Weissia viridula var. gibbosula",
        "authorship": "J.J.Amann"
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      {
        "name": "Weissia viridula var. gymnostomoides",
        "authorship": "(Brid.) Bruch & Schimp."
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        "name": "Weissia viridula var. latifolia",
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        "name": "Weissia viridula var. seligerioides",
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        "name": "Weissia weymouthii",
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