Lamina (moss)

In contrast to the leaf blades of vascular plants, the lamina (leaf surface) of the moss is a structure mostly consisting of only one cell layer, which lacks a cuticle and which therefore enables gas exchange on both sides. The shape of the lamina cells is an important feature when determining the moss.

literature

• Jan-Peter Frahm : Biology of Mosses . Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Heidelberg and Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-8274-0164-X