Scorpidium

Scorpidium
	Scorpidium cossonii
Systematics
Department :	Moss (Bryophyta)
Class :	Bryopsida
Subclass :	Bryidae
Order :	Hypnales
Family :	Scorpidiaceae
Genre :	Scorpidium
Scientific name
	Scorpidium
	( Chimp ) Limpr.

Scorpidium (German Skorpionsmoose ) is a genus of moss from the order of the Hypnales . The name refers to the puffy, thickened and curved branch ends that are reminiscent of the abdomen of a scorpion .

features

They are medium to strong, sometimes reddish-tinged plants with sparsely branched stems. The trunk cross-section shows a narrow central cord and a hyalodermis. The foliage is tile-like to puffy-catkin-shaped. The broadly lanceolate to egg-shaped, gradually to rapidly narrowing to the tip, hollow leaves are one-sided to sickle-shaped and not wrinkled. The leaf vein is simple or short and double or absent. The few leaf wing cells are inflated and decrepit, the cells in the middle of the leaf are linear.

The gender distribution is diocesan or autocratic . Capsules are upright or horizontal.

distribution

The representatives of the genus occur in the Holarctic, in western to southern South America and in Australia.

Systematics

The delimitation of the genus is seen differently. According to Frey, 4 types are assigned to it.

The species represented in Europe are:

Scorpidium cossonii ( yellow-green scorpion moss )
Scorpidium revolvens ( Roll-leaved Scorpion Moss )
Scorpidium scorpioides ( Real Scorpion Moss )

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 .

Nebel, Philippi: The Mosses of Baden-Württemberg Volume 2 . 1st edition, Ulmer Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-8001-3530-2

Individual evidence

↑ 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. 224 .

Web links

Commons : Scorpidium - collection of images, videos and audio files

Scorpidium in Flora of North America

[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. 224 .