Leucodontaceae
Leucodontaceae is a family of mosses belonging to the order Hypnales Hypnales is the botanical name of an order of Bryophyta or leafy mosses. This group is sometimes called feather mosses, referring to their freely branched stems. The order includes more than 40 families and more than 4,000 species, making them .... Genera Genera: * '' Alsia'' Sull. * '' Antitrichia'' Brid. * '' Bestia'' Broth. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q1821486 Hypnales Moss families ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Antitrichia
''Antitrichia'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Leucodontaceae with a cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext .... Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Antitrichia'': * '' Antitrichia californica'' Sullivant * '' Antitrichia curtipendula'' Bridel * '' Antitrichia kilimandscharica'' Brotherus * '' Antitrichia pseudocalifornia'' Kindb. References Leucodontaceae Moss genera {{hypnales-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hypnales
Hypnales is the botanical name of an order of Bryophyta or leafy mosses. This group is sometimes called feather mosses, referring to their freely branched stems. The order includes more than 40 families and more than 4,000 species, making them the largest order of mosses. Description Hypnales are mosses with pinnately or irregularly branched, reclining stems, with varying appearances. The stem contains only a reduced central vascular bundle, which is seen as a recent derived trait in mosses. The stems are covered with paraphyllia or pseudoparaphyllia, reduced filamentous or scaly leaves. The ordinary stem leaves are ovate to lanceolate, often with leaf wing cells. The midvein is often limited to the lower half of the leaf blade, or has completely disappeared. The cells of the leaf blade are prosenchymatic, many times longer than wide, with pointed ends interlocking. The sporophyte consists of a regularly shaped sporangium on a long stalk or seta. The spores are distribut ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Bestia (plant)
''Bestia'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Lembophyllaceae. The genus name of ''Bestia'' is in honour of George Newton Best (1846–1926), an American bryologist, expert on moss taxonomy, and the second president of the Sullivant Moss Society The American Bryological and Lichenological Society is an organization devoted to the scientific study of all aspects of the biology of bryophytes and lichen-forming fungi and is one of the nation's oldest botanical organizations. It was originall .... Species: * '' Bestia breweriana'' (Lesq.) Grout * '' Bestia cristata'' (Hampe) L.F. Koch * '' Bestia holzingeri'' (Renauld & Cardot) Broth. * '' Bestia longipes'' (Sull. & Lesq.) Broth. * '' Bestia obtusatula'' (Kindb.) Broth. * '' Bestia occidentalis'' (Kindb.) Grout * '' Bestia vancouveriensis'' (Kindb.) Wijk & Margad. References Lembophyllaceae Moss genera {{hypnales-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |