Barbilophozia

Barbilophozia
Barbilophozia floerkei
Systematics
Department : Liverworts (Marchantiophyta) Class : Jungermanniopsida Subclass : Jungermanniidae Order : Lophocial Family : Lophoziaceae Genre : Barbilophozia
Scientific name
Barbilophozia
Loeske

Barbilophozia (German Bart-Spitzmoos ) is a genus of leafy liverworts from the Lophoziaceae family .

features

The medium-sized plants grow prostrate to upright. The leaves are usually much wider than they are long and have three to four lobes. A number of species have cilia on the leaf base. Sub-leaves have two columns, sometimes they are absent.

The species are diocesan , often sterile. The egg to pear-shaped perianthia are deeply folded. Brood bodies are sometimes formed.

Systematics

The genus Barbilophozia comprises eleven species worldwide.

Species found in Central Europe:

• Barbilophozia atlantica
• Barbilophozia attenuata
• Barbilophozia barbata
• Barbilophozia floerkei
• Barbilophozia hatcheri
• Barbilophozia kunzeana
• Barbilophozia lycopodioides
• Barbilophozia quadriloba

literature

• Jan-Peter Frahm, Wolfgang Frey, J. Döring: Moosflora . 4th edition, UTB Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-8252-1250-5 .
• Nebel, Philippi: Die Moose Baden-Württemberg Volume 3 . 1st edition, Ulmer Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-8001-3278-8 .
• Wolfgang Frey, Eberhard Fischer, Michael Stech: Bryophytes and seedless Vascular Plants . In: Wolfgang Frey (Ed.): Syllabus of Plant Families - A. Engler's Syllabus of Plant Families . 13th edition. Vol. 3, Borntraeger, Berlin / Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-443-01063-8 .

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