Brachytheciastrum

Brachytheciastrum
Brachytheciastrum velutinum
Systematics
Subdivision : Bryophytina Class : Bryopsida Subclass : Bryidae Order : Hypnales Family : Brachytheciaceae Genre : Brachytheciastrum
Scientific name
Brachytheciastrum
Ignatov & Huttunen

Brachytheciastrum is a genus of moss from the Brachytheciaceae family .

features

Mosses of this genus are usually small, creeping to upright growing and branched plants with more or less smooth stem leaves. The species usually form antheridia and archegonia on different branches of the same plant ( autocial ).

Systematics and types

The species of the genus Brachytheciastrum were previously assigned to the genus Brachythecium . According to the Stech & Frey system, 11 species were transferred to Brachytheciastrum .

In the area of ​​Germany, Austria and Switzerland there are three species:

• Brachytheciastrum collinum
• Brachytheciastrum trachypodium
• Brachytheciastrum velutinum

swell

• Wolfgang Frey , Michael Stech, Eberhard Fischer: Bryophytes and Seedless Vascular Plants (= Syllabus of Plant Families. 3). 13th edition. Borntraeger, Berlin et al. 2009, ISBN 978-3-443-01063-8 .
• Moss flora in Switzerland
• Checklist of Austria's Mosses ( Memento from November 28, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )