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Andreaeaceae
Andreaeaceae is a family of mosses which includes two genera, ''Andreaea'', containing about 100 species, and the genus ''Acroschisma''. The Andreaeaceae prefer rocky habitats ranging from tropical to arctic climates, on which they form tufted colonies, typically with reddish to blackish shoots. The capsules lack the peristome mechanism and dehisce longitudinally to release the spores, resulting in a paper-lantern appearance. It was named by Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart in honour of his friend J.G.R. Andreae.Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Volume 10, p. 381, Linnean Society of London The Linnean Society of London is a learned society dedicated to the study and dissemination of information concerning natural history, evolution, and taxonomy. It possesses several important biological specimen, manuscript and literature colle ..., 1811 References External links * Zander, Richard H. 2007. ''Bryophyte Flora of North America'' Andreaeaceae Moss families ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreaeaceae
Andreaeaceae is a family of mosses which includes two genera, ''Andreaea'', containing about 100 species, and the genus ''Acroschisma''. The Andreaeaceae prefer rocky habitats ranging from tropical to arctic climates, on which they form tufted colonies, typically with reddish to blackish shoots. The capsules lack the peristome mechanism and dehisce longitudinally to release the spores, resulting in a paper-lantern appearance. It was named by Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart in honour of his friend J.G.R. Andreae.Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Volume 10, p. 381, Linnean Society of London The Linnean Society of London is a learned society dedicated to the study and dissemination of information concerning natural history, evolution, and taxonomy. It possesses several important biological specimen, manuscript and literature colle ..., 1811 References External links * Zander, Richard H. 2007. ''Bryophyte Flora of North America'' Andreaeaceae Moss families ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreaea
''Andreaea'' is a genus of rock mosses described by Johann Hedwig in 1801. They are small, delicate acrocarpous mosses (meaning that the capsules are formed at the tips of vertical branches) that form dark brown or reddish cushions on wet siliceous rocks in mountainous areas. The capsule lacks the peristome teeth and operculum of other mosses, and opens by splitting along 4 vertical slits, the four valves remaining joined at the base and apex. The capsule of ''Andreaea'' has no seta, but the sporophyte (''Spf'' in the diagram below) instead is supported by a pseudopodium (''ps'') derived from gametophyte tissue, as in ''Sphagnum'' and the columella is enclosed within the sporangium. The spores germinate to give thalloid Thallus (plural: thalli), from Latinized Ancient Greek, Greek (), meaning "a green shoot" or "twig", is the vegetative tissue of some organisms in diverse groups such as algae, fungi, some Marchantiophyta, liverworts, lichens, and the Myxogastr ... proton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acroschisma
''Acroschisma'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Andreaeaceae Andreaeaceae is a family of mosses which includes two genera, ''Andreaea'', containing about 100 species, and the genus ''Acroschisma''. The Andreaeaceae prefer rocky habitats ranging from tropical to arctic climates, on which they form tufted c .... The species of this genus are found in Southern America. Species: * '' Acroschisma andensis'' Spruce References {{Taxonbar, from=Q17297732 Andreaeaceae Moss genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreaea Rupestris
''Andreaea rupestris'' is a species of moss in the class Andreaeopsida, are commonly referred to as the "lantern mosses" due to the appearance of their dehisced sporangia. It is typically found on smooth, acidic, exposed rock in the Northern hemisphere. It exhibits the common features of the genus ''Andreaea'' such as being acrocarpous, having dark pigmentation, lacking a seta, and bearing 4 lines of dehiscence in its mature sporangia, but can be further identified upon careful examination of its gametophytic leaves which have an ovate base to a more blunt apex compared to other similar species. Taxonomy and classification ''Andreaea rupestris'' is in the genus ''Andreaea ''Andreaea'' is a genus of rock mosses described by Johann Hedwig in 1801. They are small, delicate acrocarpous mosses (meaning that the capsules are formed at the tips of vertical branches) that form dark brown or reddish cushions on wet silic ...,'' which has around 100 different species. It may be diff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family (biology)
Family ( la, familia, plural ') is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as the "walnut family". What belongs to a family—or if a described family should be recognized at all—are proposed and determined by practicing taxonomists. There are no hard rules for describing or recognizing a family, but in plants, they can be characterized on the basis of both vegetative and reproductive features of plant species. Taxonomists often take different positions about descriptions, and there may be no broad consensus across the scientific community for some time. The publishing of new data and opini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moss
Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) '' sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise liverworts, mosses, and hornworts. Mosses typically form dense green clumps or mats, often in damp or shady locations. The individual plants are usually composed of simple leaves that are generally only one cell thick, attached to a stem that may be branched or unbranched and has only a limited role in conducting water and nutrients. Although some species have conducting tissues, these are generally poorly developed and structurally different from similar tissue found in vascular plants. Mosses do not have seeds and after fertilisation develop sporophytes with unbranched stalks topped with single capsules containing spores. They are typically tall, though some species are much larger. ''Dawsonia'', the tallest moss in the world, can grow to in height. There are a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart
Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart (4 November 1742, Holderbank, Aargau – 26 June 1795) was a German botanist, a pupil of Carl Linnaeus at Uppsala University, and later director of the Botanical Garden of Hannover, where he produced several major botanical works between 1780 and 1793. Ehrhart was the first author to use the rank of subspecies in botanical literature, and he published many subspecific names between 1780 and 1789. In 1779, Carl Peter Thunberg (1743–1828) named a genus of grasses, ''Ehrharta'', in Ehrhart's honor. Publications * ''Chloris hanoverana'', 1776. * ''Supplementum systematis vegetabilium, generum et specierum plantarum'', 1781. * ''Beiträge zur Naturkunde, und den damit verwandten Wissenschaften, besonders der Botanik, Chemie, Haus- und Landwirthschaft, Arzneigelahrtheit und Apothekerkunst'', seven volumes (1787 to 1792) – Contributions to natural history, etc. * Autobiography in Usteri's Annals of Botany.List of publications copied from an article on Jakob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linnean Society Of London
The Linnean Society of London is a learned society dedicated to the study and dissemination of information concerning natural history, evolution, and taxonomy. It possesses several important biological specimen, manuscript and literature collections, and publishes academic journals and books on plant and animal biology. The society also awards a number of prestigious medals and prizes. A product of the 18th-century enlightenment, the Society is the oldest extant biological society in the world and is historically important as the venue for the first public presentation of the theory of evolution by natural selection on 1 July 1858. The patron of the society was Queen Elizabeth II. Honorary members include: King Charles III of Great Britain, Emeritus Emperor Akihito of Japan, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (both of latter have active interests in natural history), and the eminent naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough. History Founding The Linnean Society ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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