Mnium

Mnium
Mnium hornum
Systematics
Subdivision : Bryophytina Class : Bryopsida Subclass : Bryidae Order : Bryales Family : Mniaceae Genre : Mnium
Scientific name
Mnium
Hedw.

Mnium is a genus of mosses from the family Mniaceae with holarctic distribution.

description

The moss plants of this genus grow upright or sometimes slightly arched. Often they are tinged red. They have lanceolate to ovate leaves, the edges of which are usually lined with multiple rows and have double teeth. The leaf vein usually extends to the tip of the leaf. The leaf cells are rounded - hexagonal.

Systematics

The genus Mnium counts 19 species worldwide.

Species occurring in Central Europe are:

• Mnium ambiguum
• Gooseneck star moss ( Mnium hornum )
• Mnium marginatum
• Mnium spinosum
• Mnium spinulosum
• Mnium stellar
• Mnium thomsonii

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literature

• Jan-Peter Frahm , Wolfgang Frey : Moosflora (= UTB . 1250). 4th, revised and expanded edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8252-1250-5 .
• Martin Nebel, Georg Philippi (ed.): The mosses of Baden-Württemberg. Volume 2: Special part, (Bryophytina II, Schistostegales to Hypnobryales). Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3530-2 .

Individual evidence

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. 196.

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