Thamnobryum

Thamnobryum
Thamnobryum alopecurum
Systematics
Subdivision : Bryophytina Class : Bryopsida Subclass : Bryidae Order : Hypnales Family : Neckeraceae Genre : Thamnobryum
Scientific name
Thamnobryum
Nieuwl.

Thamnobryum is a subcosmopolitan genus of deciduous mosses from the Neckeraceae family .

features

The plants have a conspicuous tree-shaped growth: they have a main stem that creeps on the ground. Small trunks rise from this and branch out at some height. The branches and side boxes are arranged in one plane. The plants often grow in bodies of water on earth and rocks.

Systematics and types

Thamnobryum was traditionally led together with some other genera in the family Thamnobryaceae ; this in turn was part of the Neckerales order . Due to recent research, the Neckerales order was eliminated and incorporated into Hypnales ; likewise the former genera of the Thamnobryaceae are now assigned to the Neckeraceae family .

The genus Thamnobryum counts around 44 species worldwide, of which 3 occur in Europe:

• Foxtail moss ( Thamnobryum alopecurum )
• Tree moss similar to Neckermoos ( Thamnobryum neckeroides ), rare in Europe
• Thamnobryum subserratum , recently found in Austria / Carinthia

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literature

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

Web links

Commons : Thamnobryum alopecurum  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Thamnobryum neckeroides  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Thamnobryum in Flora of North America

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Thamnobryum neckeroides on moose-deutschland.de