Mexico’s club mosses at risk of extinction

Mongabay
By Morgan Erickson-DavisMar 26, 2015, 10:39 am71 pts
All nine species of the club moss genus Phlegmariurus found in the state of Veracruz in eastern Mexico are at risk of extinction, according to a new study published in the journal Tropical Conservation Science. One of these species, P. orizabae, has not been recorded in the wild since 1854.

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