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Dicranoloma
''Dicranoloma'' is a genus of mosses in the family Dicranaceae. The ''Dicranoloma'' mosses are distributed in the Southern Hemisphere, while the ''Dicranum'' mosses are found in the Northern Hemisphere. Species within this genus are dioicous. Another genus in this family is '' Campylopus''. Example occurrences of the genus ''Dicranoloma'' is in the form of mats on beech/podocarp forest floors of New Zealand's northern South Island The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman ....C. Michael Hogan. 2009 '' Dicranoloma dicarpum'' has a wide distribution in both hemispheres. References * C. Michael Hogan. 2009''Crown Fern: Blechnum discolor'', Globaltwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg* New York Botanical Garden. 1913. ''North American flora'', Published by New York Botanical Garden, v. 15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dicranoloma Dicarpum
''Dicranoloma dicarpum'' is relatively common moss which is widespread in the Southern Hemisphere. The genus ''Dicranoloma'' has 40 species, which share the features of long stems, wispy and twisted leaves, and large, erect capsules. The genus is dominant in wet forest habitats in Australia and New Zealand. Etymology ''‘Dicran’,'' for the similarity to the Northern hemisphere genus ''Dicranum''. The suffix ''‘-loma’'' means border, and refers to a layer of elongate cells along the leaf margins of ''Dicranoloma,'' which distinguishes this genus from ''Dicranum'' mosses. The word ''‘dicarpum’'' was coined by German botanist Nees von Esenbeck, and refers to the multiple sporophytes produced from one perichaetium. Description ''Dicranoloma dicarpum'' plants are dull to bright green in colour, growing to form cushions or tufts. Stems are often branched, and range from 0.5-7.5 cm tall. The leaves are 3.0-12.4 mm long and 0.5-0.16 mm wide. They are falcate (curved into a si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dicranoloma Menziesii
''Dicranoloma'' is a genus of mosses in the family Dicranaceae. The ''Dicranoloma'' mosses are distributed in the Southern Hemisphere, while the ''Dicranum'' mosses are found in the Northern Hemisphere. Species within this genus are dioicous. Another genus in this family is '' Campylopus''. Example occurrences of the genus ''Dicranoloma'' is in the form of mats on beech/podocarp forest floors of New Zealand's northern South Island.C. Michael Hogan. 2009 ''Dicranoloma dicarpum ''Dicranoloma dicarpum'' is relatively common moss which is widespread in the Southern Hemisphere. The genus ''Dicranoloma'' has 40 species, which share the features of long stems, wispy and twisted leaves, and large, erect capsules. The genus is ...'' has a wide distribution in both hemispheres. References * C. Michael Hogan. 2009''Crown Fern: Blechnum discolor'', Globaltwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg* New York Botanical Garden. 1913. ''North American flora'', Published by New York Botanical Garden, v. 15, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dicranoloma
''Dicranoloma'' is a genus of mosses in the family Dicranaceae. The ''Dicranoloma'' mosses are distributed in the Southern Hemisphere, while the ''Dicranum'' mosses are found in the Northern Hemisphere. Species within this genus are dioicous. Another genus in this family is '' Campylopus''. Example occurrences of the genus ''Dicranoloma'' is in the form of mats on beech/podocarp forest floors of New Zealand's northern South Island The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman ....C. Michael Hogan. 2009 '' Dicranoloma dicarpum'' has a wide distribution in both hemispheres. References * C. Michael Hogan. 2009''Crown Fern: Blechnum discolor'', Globaltwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg* New York Botanical Garden. 1913. ''North American flora'', Published by New York Botanical Garden, v. 15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dicranaceae
Dicranaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in class Bryopsida. Species within this family are dioicous Dioicy () is a sexual system where archegonia and antheridia are produced on separate gametophytes. It is one of the two main sexual systems in bryophytes. Both dioicous () and monoicous gametophytes produce gametes in gametangia by mitosis ra .... Genera in this family include '' Dicranum'', '' Dicranoloma'', and '' Mitrobryum''. Classification The family Dicranaceae contains the following genera: *'' Anisothecium'' *'' Aongstroemia'' *'' Aongstroemiopsis'' *'' Braunfelsia'' *'' Brotherobryum'' *'' Bryotestua'' *'' Camptodontium'' *'' Campylopodium'' *'' Chorisodontium'' *'' Cnestrum'' *'' Cryptodicranum'' *'' Dicnemon'' *'' Dicranella'' *'' Dicranoloma'' *'' Dicranum'' *'' Diobelonella'' *'' Eucamptodon'' *'' Eucamptodontopsis'' *'' Holomitriopsis'' *'' Holomitrium'' *'' Hygrodicranum'' *'' Leptotrichella'' *'' Leucoloma'' *' ... [...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] |
Dioicous
Dioicy () is a sexual system where archegonia and antheridia are produced on separate gametophytes. It is one of the two main sexual systems in bryophytes. Both dioicous () and monoicous gametophytes produce gametes in gametangia by mitosis rather than meiosis, so that sperm and eggs are genetically identical with their parent gametophyte. Description Dioicy promotes outcrossing. Sexual dimorphism is commonly found in dioicous species. However, according to Bernard Goffinet sexual dimorphism is rare in dioicous moss species. Dioicy is correlated with reduced sporophyte production, due to spatial separation of male and female colonies, scarcity or absence of males. The term dioecy is meaningless for bryophytes because it refers to the sexuality of sporophytes. Nonetheless dioecy and dioicy are comparable in many respects. Etymology The words dioicous and di(o)ecious are derived from οἶκος or οἰκία and δι- (di-), twice, double. (''(o)e'' is the Latin way of tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campylopus
''Campylopus'' is a genus of 180 species of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the family Leucobryaceae. The name comes from the Greek ''campylos'', meaning curved, and ''pous'', meaning foot, referring to the setae which curve downwards. Distribution The genus is represented worldwide, with species found in North America, Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Atlantic Islands, Pacific Islands, and Australia. ''Campylopus bicolor'' is an example found in Australia. The North American list of species from the genus was revised by Jan-Peter Frahm in 1980. This was based on his own study of over 1,000 herbarium specimens. The most recent checklist of the mosses of North America lists 18 species as being present in North American flora. However, due to a misidentification, there are only 17 accepted species in the region. Species Species adapted from The Plant List; *'' Campylopus abbreviatus'' *'' Campylopus acicularis'' *'' Campylop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podocarp
Podocarpaceae is a large family of mainly Southern Hemisphere conifers, known in English as podocarps, comprising about 156 species of evergreen trees and shrubs.James E. Eckenwalder. 2009. ''Conifers of the World''. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. . It contains 19 genera if ''Phyllocladus'' is included and ''Manoao'' and ''Sundacarpus'' are recognized. The family is a classic member of the Antarctic flora, with its main centres of diversity in Australasia, particularly New Caledonia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, and to a slightly lesser extent Malesia and South America (primarily in the Andes Mountains). Several genera extend north of the equator into Indochina and the Philippines. ''Podocarpus'' reaches as far north as southern Japan and southern China in Asia, and Mexico in the Americas, and ''Nageia'' into southern China and southern India. Two genera also occur in sub-Saharan Africa, the widespread ''Podocarpus'' and the endemic ''Afrocarpus''. ''Parasitaxus usta'' is unique ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Island
The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, and to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean. The South Island covers , making it the world's 12th-largest island. At low altitude, it has an oceanic climate. The South Island is shaped by the Southern Alps which run along it from north to south. They include New Zealand's highest peak, Aoraki / Mount Cook at . The high Kaikōura Ranges lie to the northeast. The east side of the island is home to the Canterbury Plains while the West Coast is famous for its rough coastlines such as Fiordland, a very high proportion of native bush and national parks, and the Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers. The main centres are Christchurch and Dunedin. The economy relies on agriculture and fishing, tourism, and general manufacturing and services. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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