Blepharostomataceae

Blepharostomataceae
	Blepharostoma trichophyllum
Systematics
Empire :	Plants (Plantae)
Department :	Liverworts (Marchantiophyta)
Class :	Jungermanniopsida
Subclass :	Jungermanniidae
Order :	Trichocoleales
Family :	Blepharostomataceae
Scientific name
	Blepharostomataceae
	W. Frey & Stech

Blepharostomataceae are a moss family from the class of the Jungermanniopsida . These plants belong to the leafy liverwort .

description

The plants in this family are small, light green to yellowish green, usually creeping and without stoloniform shoots. The flank leaves are down to the base (two) three to four lobes, the lobes are thread-shaped and single-row. Sub-leaves are similar but slightly smaller. The species are diocesan or autocratic. Perianthia are inflated and have a ciliate mouth. Asexual reproduction occurs with single-celled brood bodies . The species grow on earth, rock and often on rotten wood.

Systematics

The family includes only one genus Blepharostoma with three species, with only the species Blepharostoma trichophyllum occurring in Europe .

Individual evidence

↑ 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. tape 3 . Borntraeger, Berlin / Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-443-01063-8 , pp. 68 .

[1] 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. tape 3 . Borntraeger, Berlin / Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-443-01063-8 , pp. 68 .