Leucobryum

Leucobryum
	Leucobryum glaucum
Systematics
Subdivision :	Bryophytina
Class :	Bryopsida
Subclass :	Dicranidae
Order :	Dicranales
Family :	Leucobryaceae
Genre :	Leucobryum
Scientific name
	Leucobryum
	Bitch

Leucobryum is a predominantly tropical genus of moss from the Leucobryaceae family. In Germany there are only two species that can often be found on acidic soils in shady to partially shaded places. Both are protected by the Federal Species Protection Ordinance (version February 16, 2005, list ).

features

Leucobryum species usually form whitish green cushion-shaped lawns. The leaves are close to the stem, which has no central strand, and have a very broad vein, which fills almost the entire leaf, which consists of 2 to 10-layer dead cells (the hyalocytes ) and one to three-layer greenish chlorocytes consists. The single and upright seta has upright capsules at the tip, which usually have 16 peristome teeth , are lanceolate and can be two-legged up to the middle. The kalyptra is shaped like a hat.

Types (selection)

There are 83 species worldwide, but most of them are found in the tropics. There are only two types in Europe:

Leucobryum glaucum (common white moss)
Leucobryum juniperoideum

literature

Jan-Peter Frahm , Wolfgang Frey : Moosflora (= UTB . 1250). 4th, revised and expanded edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8252-1250-5 .

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. 171.

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. 171.