Funariales

Funariales
	Funaria hygrometrica
Systematics
Empire :	Plants (Plantae)
Department :	Moss (Bryophyta)
Subdivision :	Bryophytina
Class :	Bryopsida
Subclass :	Funariidae
Order :	Funariales
Scientific name of the subclass
	Funariidae
	Ochyra
Scientific name of the order
	Funariales
	M. meat.

The Funariales are an order of acrocarpic mosses and the only order of the subclass Funariidae . It comprises two families with around 250 species and is represented worldwide, all representatives grow terrestrially .

features

The mosses are usually very small to medium in size and grow annually or in small pillows on the ground. They are acrocarp and usually have large central strands. The leaves are ovate to lanceolate. The lamina cells are loose and smooth and rectangular to hexagonal. The seta is usually elongated, straight or curved. The egg-shaped to elliptical capsules are sunken to elongated, upright or curved, symmetrical to strongly asymmetrical. The spores are of variable shape, the kalyptra is large, typically lobed and cap- or miter-shaped.

Occurrence

The Funariales, which occur worldwide, grow mainly in nutrient-rich locations, but always terrestrially.

Systematics

The order of the Funariales is divided into two families:

Funariaceae
Disceliaceae, 1 species, circumboreal, on clay soils
- Discelium nudum

Species of the Funariales can hybridize with one another, sometimes across generic boundaries.

proof

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Wolfgang Frey , Michael Stech, Eberhard Fischer: Bryophytes and Seedless Vascular Plants (= Syllabus of Plant Families. 3). 13th edition. Bornträger, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-443-01063-8 , pp. 150-153.

[syll-1] Wolfgang Frey , Michael Stech, Eberhard Fischer: Bryophytes and Seedless Vascular Plants (= Syllabus of Plant Families. 3). 13th edition. Bornträger, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-443-01063-8 , pp. 150-153.