Marsupella

Marsupella
Marsupella emarginata
Systematics
Department : Liverworts (Marchantiophyta) Class : Jungermanniopsida Subclass : Jungermanniidae Order : Jungermanniales Family : Gymnomitriaceae Genre : Marsupella
Scientific name
Marsupella
Gray

Marsupella is a genus of moss in the order Jungermanniales .

features

The plants grow more or less upright. The leaves have grown transversely, protrude from the stem and are divided into two lobes by a short incision. There are no sub-leaves. The cell corners are thickened triangular. Each cell contains two to three oil bodies . The spores are eight to twelve micrometers in diameter.

Distribution and systematics

Marsupella is a genus of the Gymnomitriaceae family . There are around 45 species worldwide, mainly found in the northern hemisphere and growing on moist, lime-free rocks. There are 17 species in Europe, including the following in Germany:

• Marsupella adusta
• Marsupella aquatica
• Marsupella boeckii
• Marsupella commutata
• Marsupella emarginata
• Marsupella funckii
• Marsupella ramosa
• Marsupella sparsifolia
• Marsupella sphacelata
• Marsupella sprucei

Web links

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literature

• 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. 53 .