Seligeria

Seligeria
Seligeria trifaria
Systematics
Subdivision : Bryophytina Class : Bryopsida Subclass : Dicranidae Order : Grim Family : Seligeriaceae Genre : Seligeria
Scientific name
Seligeria
Break , chimp. & W. Gümbel

Seligeria is a genus of moss of the order Grimmiales .

features

The representatives are tiny mosses, the stems of which are usually smaller than three, rarely up to eight millimeters. The leaves have an egg-shaped base and end in an elongated tip. The rib fills the tip or is protruding. The seta is up to three millimeters long. The capsules stand upright and are shaped like a wine glass.

Distribution and systematics

The genus comprising 21 species occurs in the northern hemisphere and in Australia . The mosses grow on shady, moist limestone rocks. Ten occur in Europe, the following also in Germany :

• Seligeria austriaca
• Seligeria calcarea
• Seligeria carniolica
• Seligeria donniana
• Seligeria pusilla
• Seligeria recurvata
• Seligeria trifaria
• Seligeria campylopoda
• Seligeria patula

supporting documents

• Jan-Peter Frahm , Wolfgang Frey : Moosflora (= UTB . 1250). 4th, revised and expanded edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8252-1250-5 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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 .