Pogonatum

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Pogonatum
Pogonatum urnigerum

Pogonatum urnigerum

Systematics
Department : Moss (Bryophyta)
Subdivision : Bryophytina
Class : Polytrichopsida
Order : Polytrichales
Family : Polytrichaceae
Genre : Pogonatum
Scientific name
Pogonatum
P.Beauv.

Pogonatum ,called Filzmützenmoose in German, is a genus of deciduous moss from the family Polytrichaceae . The German name Filzmützenmoos refers to the densely hairy hood (kalyptra) of the spore capsule.

features

Pogonatum species are diocesan . They have a persistent protonema . The medium-sized to vigorous plants are simple or branched. The leaves have a broad, chlorophyll-free sheath at the bottom and a narrower lanceolate spade part above. The leaf vein fills a large part of the leaf blade and is densely covered on the upper side with numerous longitudinal lamellae. The leaf margins are usually serrated or serrated.

The egg-shaped to short-cylindrical spore capsule without a developed pituitary gland (capsule neck) and without stomata has 32 (rarely 16) peristome teeth and a round, beaked lid. The cap- or bell-shaped kalyptra is densely hairy.

Systematics and types (selection)

According to Stech & Frey, 57 species belong to the genus Pogonatum worldwide . The following three types are represented in Germany, Austria and Switzerland:

Web links

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  • 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 .
  • Martin Nebel, Georg Philippi (ed.): The mosses of Baden-Württemberg. Volume 1: General part, special part (Bryophytina I, Andreaeales to Funariales). Ulmer, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3527-2 .