title: Pogonatum
text: # Pogonatum
  
  Pogonatum is a genus of mosses — commonly called spike moss — which contains approximately 70 species that cover a cosmopolitan distribution. It can be seen mostly in Asian countries with a tropical climate.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are about 156 species known in all, 9 in North America.
  
  * Pogonatum subflexuosum - (Lorentz) Broth.
  * Pogonatum subfuscatum - Broth.
  * Pogonatum subgracile - (Hampe) Besch.
  * Pogonatum subtortile - (Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger
  * Pogonatum subulatum - (Menzies ex Brid.) Brid.
  * Pogonatum tahitense - Schimp.
  * Pogonatum thelicarpum - (Müll. Hal.)
  * Pogonatum tolucense - (Hampe) Besch.
  * Pogonatum tortile - (Sw.) Brid.
  * Pogonatum tortipes - (Wilson ex Mitt.) A. Jaeger
  * Pogonatum tubulosum - Dixon
  * Pogonatum undulatum - (Hedw.)
  * Pogonatum urnigerum - (Hedw.) P. Beauv.
  * Pogonatum usambaricum - (Broth.)
  * Pogonatum vanhoeffenii - (Kindb.)
  * Pogonatum volvatum - (Müll. Hal.)
  