Double leaf moss

Double leaf moss
	Diplophyllum taxifolium
Systematics
Department :	Liverworts (Marchantiophyta)
Class :	Jungermanniopsida
Subclass :	Jungermanniidae
Order :	Lophocial
Family :	Scapaniaceae
Genre :	Double leaf moss
Scientific name
	Diplophyllum
	( Dumort. ) Dumort.

The double leaf mosses ( Diplophyllum ) are a genus of liverwort from the Scapaniaceae family .

features

These are small to medium-sized mosses with prostrate stems and bilobed (name), keeled leaves. The tongue-shaped lower leaf lobes are aligned approximately at right angles to the stem and two to four times as long as the upper lobes. Perianthia are slightly flattened, folded in the upper part and have a ciliate to dentate mouth.

Systematics

The genus Diplophyllum includes 27 species worldwide, of which the following 3 species occur in Central Europe:

Yew-leaved double-leaf moss ( Diplophyllum taxifolium )
Light-streaked double leaf moss ( Diplophyllum albicans )
Blunt-lobed double-leaf moss ( Diplophyllum obtusifolium )

swell

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 .

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. 66 .

Web links

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[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. 66 .