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Splachnales
Splachnales is an order of Bryophyta or leafy moss Mosses are small, non-vascular plant, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic phylum, division Bryophyta (, ) ''sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Wilhelm Philippe Schimper, Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryo ...es. Along with Orthotrichales, Hedwigiales, and Bryales, it forms the superorder Bryananae. References Bryanae Moss orders {{Bryidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meesiaceae
Meesiaceae is a family of mosses belonging to the order Splachnales Splachnales is an order of Bryophyta or leafy moss Mosses are small, non-vascular plant, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic phylum, division Bryophyta (, ) ''sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Wilhelm Philippe Schimpe .... Genera: * '' Amblyodon'' P.Beauv. * '' Diplocomium'' F.Web. & D.Mohr * '' Meesia'' Hedw. * '' Neomeesia'' Deguchi * '' Paludella'' Ehrh. ex Brid. References Splachnales Moss families {{bryidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Splachnaceae
Splachnaceae is a family (biology), family of mosses, containing around 70 species in 6 genera. Around half of those species are entomophily, entomophilous, using insects to disperse their spores, a characteristic found in no other seedless land plants. Many species in this family are coprophilous, growing exclusively on animal faeces or carrion. For this reason, certain genera such as ''Splachnum'' Hedw. are often referred to as dung mosses. Description Gametophyte Mosses in this family are predominantly dioicous (archegonia and antheridia on separate individuals); although exceptions are known such as ''S.'' ''pensylvanicum'' which is monoicous. The gametophyte is always acrocarpous (standing up), with green-yellow to reddish leaves/stems, and most often under 5 cm in height. Stems stand vertically and when cross-sectioned, can be seen to have a well-defined central strand. Large parenchymatous cells surround the central strand with thin, red to orange cell walls. Cor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryanae
Bryidae is an important subclass of Bryopsida. It is common throughout the whole world. Members have a double peristome with alternating tooth segments. Classification The classification of the Bryidae.Buck, William R. & Bernard Goffinet. 2000. "Morphology and classification of mosses", pages 71-123 ''in'' A. Jonathan Shaw & Bernard Goffinet (Eds.), ''Bryophyte Biology''. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). . Superorder: Bryanae : Bartramiales : Bryales : Hedwigiales : Orthotrichales :Rhizogoniales :Splachnales Superorder: Hypnanae :Hypnodendrales :Ptychomniales Ptychomniales is an order of mosses in the subclass Bryidae. References External links * * * ''Ptychomniales''at Tropicos Tropicos is an online botanical database containing taxonomic information on plants, mainly from the Neotrop ... : Hookeriales : Hypnales References Plant subclasses Bryopsida {{Bryidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Splachnum Sphaericum
''Splachnum sphaericum'', also known as pinkstink dung moss, is a species of moss. This species occurs in North America. It also occurs in upland Britain, where it is known as round-fruited collar-moss and in north temperate and boreal regions of Europe. Its habitat is bog and wet heathland where it grows on herbivore dung. This and other ''Splachnum'' species are entomophilous. The sporophyte A sporophyte () is one of the two alternation of generations, alternating multicellular organism, multicellular phases in the biological life cycle, life cycles of plants and algae. It is a diploid multicellular organism which produces asexual Spo ...s, which are generally coloured red or black, produce an odour of carrion that is attractive to flies and the spores are dispersed by flies to fresh dung.J. R. Vaizey (1890) On the Morphology of the Sporophyte of ''Splachnum luteum''. Annals of Botany 1, 1-8. References Splachnaceae Bryophyta of North America Plants described in 180 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order (biology)
Order () is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and recognized by the nomenclature codes. An immediately higher rank, superorder, is sometimes added directly above order, with suborder directly beneath order. An order can also be defined as a group of related families. What does and does not belong to each order is determined by a taxonomist, as is whether a particular order should be recognized at all. Often there is no exact agreement, with different taxonomists each taking a different position. There are no hard rules that a taxonomist needs to follow in describing or recognizing an order. Some taxa are accepted almost universally, while others are recognized only rarely. The name of an order is usually written with a capital letter. For some groups of organisms, their orders may follow consist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryophytes
Bryophytes () are a group of land plants ( embryophytes), sometimes treated as a taxonomic division referred to as Bryophyta '' sensu lato'', that contains three groups of non-vascular land plants: the liverworts, hornworts, and mosses. In the strict sense, the division Bryophyta consists of the mosses only. Bryophytes are characteristically limited in size and prefer moist habitats although some species can survive in drier environments. The bryophytes consist of about 20,000 plant species. Bryophytes produce enclosed reproductive structures ( gametangia and sporangia), but they do not produce flowers or seeds. They reproduce sexually by spores and asexually by fragmentation or the production of gemmae. Though bryophytes were considered a paraphyletic group in recent years, almost all of the most recent phylogenetic evidence supports the monophyly of this group, as originally classified by Wilhelm Schimper in 1879. The term ''bryophyte'' comes . Features The defining ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moss
Mosses are small, non-vascular plant, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic phylum, division Bryophyta (, ) ''sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Wilhelm Philippe Schimper, Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise Marchantiophyta, 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 leaf, leaves that are generally only one cell thick, attached to a plant stem, 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 sporangium, spores. They are typically tall, though some species ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orthotrichales
Orthotrichaceae is the only family of mosses in the order Orthotrichales. Many species in the family are epiphytic An epiphyte is a plant or plant-like organism that grows on the surface of another plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it. The plants on which epiphyt .... Genera Accepted genera include:Orthotrichaceae in GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei. Accessed 23 April 2025. *'' Amphoridium'' *'' Atlantichella'' *'' Australoria'' *'' Bryomyces'' *'' Cardotiella'' *'' Ceuthotheca'' *'' Codonoblepharon'' *'' Desmotheca'' *'' Florschuetziella'' *'' Groutiella'' *'' Leiomitrium'' *'' Leratia'' *'' Lewinskya'' *'' Macrocoma'' *'' Macromitrium'' *'' Matteria'' *'' Nyholmiella'' *'' Orthotrichum'' *'' Pentastichella'' *'' Plenogemma'' *'' Pulvigera'' *'' Rehubryum'' *'' Schlotheimia'' *'' Sehnemobryum'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedwigiales
Hedwigiales is an order of mosses. It is named after Johannes Hedwig (1730-1799), the founder of modern bryology. Description They are medium to large size acrocarpous moss with irregular branching. A midrib A primary vein, also known as the midrib, is the main vascular structure running through the center of a leaf. The primary vein is crucial for the leaf’s efficiency in photosynthesis and overall health, as it ensures the proper flow of material ... is not normally present in the leaves.Wolfgang Frey, Michael Stech, Eberhard Fischer: Bryophytes and Seedless Vascular Plants (= Syllabus of Plant Families, 3). 13th edition. Borntraeger, Berlin et al. 2009, Classification There are three families placed in the Hedwigiales. * Hedwigiaceae * Helicophyllaceae * Rhacocarpaceae References Moss orders Bryanae Taxa named by Ryszard Ochyra {{Bryopsida-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryales
Bryales is an order of mosses. Taxonomy The order Bryales includes the following five families: * Bryaceae * Leptostomataceae * Mniaceae * Phyllodrepaniaceae * Pulchrinodaceae The order used to be defined broadly to include the Rhizogoniales, but is now used in a narrower sense.Buck, William R. & Bernard Goffinet. 2000. "Morphology and classification of mosses", pages 71-123 ''in'' A. Jonathan Shaw & Bernard Goffinet (Eds.), ''Bryophyte Biology''. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). . A species of the Mniaceae genus '' Rhizomnium'', '' Rhizomnium dentatum'', was described from fossil gametophytes preserved in Baltic amber Baltic amber or succinite is amber from the Baltic region, home of its largest known deposits. It was produced sometime during the Eocene epoch, but exactly when is controversial. It has been estimated that this forested region provided the re .... The families Catoscopiaceae and Pseudoditrichaceae were previously placed in Bryale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
