Scapaniaceae

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Scapaniaceae
Scapania nemorea

Scapania nemorea

Systematics
Empire : Plants (Plantae)
Department : Liverworts (Marchantiophyta)
Class : Jungermanniopsida
Subclass : Jungermanniidae
Order : Lophocial
Family : Scapaniaceae
Scientific name
Scapaniaceae
Chimp.

The Scapaniaceae are a moss family from the class of the Jungermanniopsida .

features

The representatives of the family have keeled flank leaves. They are differently deep divided into two mostly unequal sized, entire to dentate lobes. The lower lobes are always larger than the upper lobes. Sub-leaves are not formed. The perianth protrudes from the bracts. Brood bodies are common.

Systematics

The Scapaniaceae family comprises two subfamilies with three genera and 120 species:

supporting documents

  • Jan-Peter Frahm: Biology of Mosses . Spectrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg and Berlin 2001, p. 56. ISBN 3-8274-0164-X
  • Jan-Peter Frahm, Wolfgang Frey, J. Döring: Moosflora . 4th edition, UTB für Wissenschaft, Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, p. 106. ISBN 3-8252-1250-5

Web links

Commons : Scapaniaceae  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. 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. tape 3 . Borntraeger, Berlin / Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-443-01063-8 , pp. 66 .