Neckerales

The division of living beings into systematics is a continuous subject of research. Different systematic classifications exist side by side and one after the other. The taxon treated here has become obsolete due to new research or is not part of the group systematics presented in the German-language Wikipedia.

The Neckerales are an order of mosses that are also sometimes called Isobryales . The systematic position is still fairly unclear. It is also sometimes incorporated into the Bryales or Orthotrichales .

features

The order consists of mosses, but their overall structure can be very different. The main trunk often rests on the ground, from which side branches rise or hang down. But there are also upright and less branched forms. The foliage is two-line, three-line or spiral. The leaf cells can be rounded to elongated (prosenchymatic). Rib is missing or present.

The sporogons are at the end of the side branches (kladokarp). The peristome is double, but often seemingly single or absent. The inner peristome is usually incomplete.

distribution

The Neckerales are common worldwide. However, the focus is on the tropics. Most species grow on rock or on bark. Few species colonize bare earth.

Systematics

The order consists of 24 families , many of which are poor in species , of which 12 are also native to Europe. A selection:

• Climaciaceae
• Hypopterygiaceae
• Neckeraceae
• Thamniaceae (Thamnobryaceae)
• Cryphaeaceae
• Leucodontaceae
• Fontinalaceae
• Pterobryaceae
• Meteoriaceae
• Lembophyllaceae

literature

• Jan-Peter Frahm , Wolfgang Frey : Moosflora (= UTB . 1250). 4th, revised and expanded edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8252-1250-5 .
• Jan-Peter Frahm: Biology of Mosses. Spectrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg et al. 2001, ISBN 3-8274-0164-X .