Jungermannia

Jungermannia
Jungermannia atrovirens
Systematics
Department : Liverworts (Marchantiophyta) Class : Jungermanniopsida Subclass : Jungermanniidae Order : Jungermanniales Family : Jungermanniaceae Genre : Jungermannia
Scientific name
Jungermannia
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Jungermannia is the eponymous genus of moss of the order Jungermanniales . The genus is named after the German botanist Ludwig Jungermann .

features

The plants have spread, rounded flank leaves, sub-leaves mostly missing. Each cell contains several oil bodies , rarely just one. a perianth is present. The spores are 10 to 22 micrometers in size.

Systematics

The earlier genera Plectocolea and Solenostoma , which were previously listed as separate genera due to their different perianth structure, are also incorporated into the genus Jungermannia .

The genus includes around 125 species. Of the 18 European species, the following occur in Germany:

• Jungermannia atrovirens
• Jungermannia caespiticia
• Jungermannia confertissima
• Jungermannia exsertifolia
• Jungermannia gracillima
• Jungermannia hyalina
• Jungermannia leiantha
• Jungermannia obovata
• Jungermannia paroica
• Jungermannia polaris
• Jungermannia pumila
• Jungermannia sphaerocarpa
• Jungermannia subelliptica
• Jungermannia subulata

supporting documents

• Jan-Peter Frahm, Wolfgang Frey, J. Döring: Moosflora . 4th, revised and expanded edition (UTB for Science, Volume 1250). Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-2772-5 (Ulmer) & ISBN 3-8252-1250-5 (UTB).

Individual evidence

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. 52 .