Hedwigiales

Hedwigiales
	Hedwigia ciliata
Systematics
Empire :	Plants (Plantae)
Department :	Moss (Bryophyta)
Subdivision :	Bryophytina
Class :	Bryopsida
Subclass :	Bryidae
Order :	Hedwigiales
Scientific name
	Hedwigiales
	Ochyra

The Hedwigiales are an order of the moss . It is named after Johannes Hedwig (1730–1799), the founder of modern bryology .

features

They are medium to large, acrocarpic or, more rarely, cladocarpic mosses with irregularly branched trunks. A central strand in the trunk cross-section is missing. Pseudoparaphyllies are usually present. The leaves usually lack a vein. The spore capsule can be sunk into the bracts or raised from them. Peristome and annulus (cell ring to detach the capsule lid) are usually missing. The kalyptra is cap-shaped, glabrous and smooth.

Systematics

Three families are placed in the Hedwigiales

Bryowijkiaceae with one genus and two species, in Asia and Madagascar
Hedwigiaceae , four genera with 28 species
Rhacocarpaceae , two genera with nine species

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. 186.
↑ 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. 186 f.

Web links

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[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. 186.

[2] 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. 186 f.