Icones Muscorum

Icones Muscorum is a significant work by botanist William Starling Sullivant, published in 1864. It focuses on the mosses of eastern North America. Sullivant was a leading American bryologist, dedicating his studies to bryophytes, which include mosses and liverworts. These nonvascular plants, lacking specialized vascular tissue for water and food conduction, formed the basis for future research in the United States. Sullivant's meticulous illustrations and scrupulous accuracy in his work, including Icones Muscorum, highlight his dedication to the detailed study of these plants.12