Jungermanniaceae

Jungermanniaceae
Mylia taylorii
Systematics
Empire : Plants (Plantae) Department : Liverworts (Marchantiophyta) Class : Jungermanniopsida Subclass : Jungermanniidae Order : Jungermanniales Family : Jungermanniaceae
Scientific name
Jungermanniaceae
R.Br. bis

The Jungermanniaceae are a species-rich family of mosses . They belong to the order of the Jungermanniales and to the group of the leafy liverworts .

features

The Jungermanniaceae have flat, entire-margined flank leaves that are rather round, oval, tongue-shaped, or rarely indented or briefly bilobed at the top. The sub-leaves are small, spear-shaped and are often hidden in a felt of rhizoids . The sub-leaves are missing on sterile stems. The cells contain large bodies of oil .

The shell around the archegonia (perianth) is free or slightly raised, it can also be missing and only rudimentary.

Common features of the representatives of this family are elongated or round, undershot , entire leaves.

Systematics

The family comprises 12 to 14 genera with over 150 species. The genera occurring in Germany are:

• Jamesoniella
  • Jamesoniella autumnalis
  • Jamesoniella undulifolia
• Jungermannia
• Mylia
• Nardia

supporting documents

• Jan-Peter Frahm: Biology of Mosses . Spectrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg and Berlin 2001, p. 56. ISBN 3-8274-0164-X
• Jan-Peter Frahm, Wolfgang Frey, J. Döring: Moosflora . 4th edition, UTB für Wissenschaft, Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, p. 106. ISBN 3-8252-1250-5

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 .

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