Mniaceae
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Gooseneck star moss ( Mnium hornum ) |
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The plants of the Moos - Family Mniaceae or Star Moose often wear striking large, flat leaves. In terms of shape, these are rounded to tongue-shaped. The cells of the leaf blade are broadly hexagonal. At the edge of the leaf there is almost always a border of elongated cells. Most species have single or double teeth on the leaves. (In the case of a double tooth, two small teeth arise at one point on the edge of the leaf, which are one above the other or very close to one another.) The star moss is under nature protection worldwide.
From habit ago, the plants are quite different. There are upright and prostrate types. In many species, fertile and sterile stems have a different habit. One or more sporogons arise from a perichaetium .
The capsule is always raised on a long seta . In terms of shape, it is cylindrical, egg-shaped to pear-shaped. The capsule is always hanging or nodding. The peristome is double.
The family is common in the northern hemisphere.
Genera and species
The Mniaceae are placed in the order of Bryales . It consists of 15 genera with around 370 species in two subfamilies:
- Subfamily Mielichhoferioideae
- Subfamily Mnioideae
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 , pp. 195 ff.
literature
- Jan-Peter Frahm , Wolfgang Frey : Moosflora (= UTB . 1250). 4th, revised and expanded edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8252-1250-5 .
