Ctenidium

Ctenidium
	Ctenidium molluscum
Systematics
Subdivision :	Bryophytina
Class :	Bryopsida
Subclass :	Bryidae
Order :	Hypnales
Family :	Hylocomiaceae
Genre :	Ctenidium
Scientific name
	Ctenidium
	( Schimp. ) Mitt.

Ctenidium (from gr. Ctena 'comb') is a genus of moss from the order of the Hypnales .

features

The stems of the gametophytes are very regularly pinnate-like to feather-like. The leaves are crescent-shaped, one-sided or almost straight. They are hollow and flat. Stem leaves and branch leaves are designed differently: Stem leaves have a heart-shaped base and a long tip. The leaf wing cells are differentiated: the rib is short and double or absent, the lamina cells are elongated (prosenchymatic). The branch leaves are narrower.

The seta is smooth to warty and rough. The capsule is inclined to horizontal.

Systematics

The genus is part of the Hylocomiaceae family . It consists of 24 species, of which the following occurs in Europe:

Ctenidium molluscum

The species Ctenidium procerrimum , which was previously included in this genus, has recently been added to the genus Hypnum as Hypnum procerrimum .

supporting documents

Jan-Peter Frahm , Wolfgang Frey : Moosflora (= UTB . 1250). 4th, revised and expanded edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8252-1250-5 .

Individual evidence

↑ 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 , p. 241.

[1] 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 , p. 241.