Thuidiaceae

Thuidiaceae
Tamarisk thuja moss ( Thuidium tamariscinum )
Systematics
Department : Moss (Bryophyta) Subdivision : Bryophytina Class : Bryopsida Subclass : Bryidae Order : Hypnales Family : Thuidiaceae
Scientific name
Thuidiaceae
Chimp.

The moss - Family Thuidiaceae is in the now order of Hypnales asked. The species grow on tree trunks, rocks and the ground in the temperate and warm zones of the earth.

Typical characteristics

The plants are very regularly pinnate one to three times and are often very decorative. The vegetative reproduction takes place via stolons .

The leaflets are broadly triangular. Their cells are rounded and often have one or more papillae . The leaves on the stems are significantly larger and wider than the leaves on the branches. Paraphyllia are almost always present. They are often branched.

The capsules are crooked.

Systematics

The Thuidiaceae are placed in the order Hypnales . The family is well characterized morphologically and molecularly genetically. It comprises 15 genera with around 140 species (species only in selection):

• Abietinella
  • Abietinella abietina
• Actinothuidium
• Equatoriella
• Boulaya
• Bryochenea
• Echinophyllum
• Haplocladium
• Hylocomiopsis
• Indothuidium
• Orthothuidium
• Pelekium
• Rauiella
• Thuidiopsis
• Thuidium
  • Thuidium philibertii
  • Thuidium tamariscinum

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 , p. 226 ff.

literature

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

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