Cinclidotus
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Cinclidotus , even grating tooth Moose named, are a moss - genus of the family pottiaceae . They are aquatic mosses that live in and on streams and rivers and are found in the Holarctic - especially in Europe and the Mediterranean - and in southern South America.
description
The sturdy plants of this genus are dark green to blackish and have lanceolate to tongue-shaped leaves with a multilayered edge and strong leaf veins that extend to the tip of the leaf. The lamina cells are rectangular in the lower part of the leaf, rounded-hexagonal in the upper part and smooth or papilose. The species are diocesan . The sporophytes are lateral or terminal, the spore capsules sunk into the leaves or raised on a short seta . They have 16 or 32 thread-like, smooth or papillary, straight or twisted peristome teeth, these are often connected at the base like a grid (name).
Systematics and types
The genus Cinclidotus used to be the only genus of the Cinclidotaceae family within the Pottiales order , but the genus has recently been included in the Pottiaceae family . 12 species are known worldwide. The following species (selection) are represented in Europe:
- Cinclidotus aquaticus
- Cinclidotus danubicus
- Cinclidotus fontinaloides
- Cinclidotus mucronatus
- Cinclidotus riparius
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literature
- Jan-Peter Frahm , Wolfgang Frey : Moosflora (= UTB . 1250). 4th, revised and expanded edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8252-1250-5 .
- 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 .