Pedinophyllum
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Pedinophyllum (German flat leaf moss ) is a small genus of liverworts from the Plagiochilaceae family .
The name is derived from the Greek pedinos = flat and phyllon = leaf and thus refers to the flat leaves.
features
The few species are strongly disjointed. The leaves are not lobed, have a margin or have 2 to 4 teeth. The leaf base does not extend to the middle of the upper side of the stem. The gender distribution is autocratic .
species
According to Frey, Fischer & Stech, 3 types are specified worldwide:
- Pedinophyllum interruptum circum-boreal; only species represented in Europe
- Pedinophyllum monoicum , in New Zealand and Australia
- Pedinophyllum truncatum , found in the far east of Russia, China and Japan
literature
- 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. Vol. 3, Borntraeger, Berlin / Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-443-01063-8 .
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