Trichocoleaceae

Trichocoleaceae
	Trichocolea tomentella
Systematics
Empire :	Plants (Plantae)
Department :	Liverworts (Marchantiophyta)
Class :	Jungermanniopsida
Subclass :	Jungermanniidae
Order :	Trichocoleales
Family :	Trichocoleaceae
Scientific name
	Trichocoleaceae
	Nakai

Trichocoleaceae are a moss family from the class of the Jungermanniopsida . These plants belong to the leafy liverwort .

description

The plants of this family are usually one to three pinnate. The flank leaves are deeply (three) four-lobed, the lobes more or less divided and covered with cilia. Sub-leaves are similar to the flank leaves. The hair-like leaves give the plants a fine, felt-like appearance. The species are diocesan . Brood bodies are not formed. The species grow on soils rich in humus, tree trunks, some species also on dead wood.

Systematics

The family comprises 4 genera with around 35 species.

Castanoclobus , 1 item
Eotrichocolea , 1 item
Leiomitra , about 12 species
Trichocolea , about 20 species

In Europe the family is only represented with one type of Trichocolea tomentella .

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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. 68 .

[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. 68 .