Root star mosses
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Root Star Moose ( Rhizmonium ) are a genus of mosses from the family Mniaceae with holarctic distribution.
description
The plants of this genus usually have simple, unbranched stems, at least below rhizoid-felted, are reddish tinted and grow upright. The leaves are rounded, with entire margins and lined with one or more cell layers. The relatively large, elongated hexagonal leaf cells are arranged diagonally in rows, the cell size decreases from the ribs to the edges. Sporogons usually grow individually, the spore capsule is horizontal to pendulous, the capsule lid is beaked.
Systematics
The genus Rhizomnium includes 13 species worldwide.
There are 5 species in Europe, including:
- Rhizomnium magnifolium , large-leaved root star moss
- Rhizomnium pseudopunctatum , swamp root star moss
- Rhizomnium punctatum , dotted root star moss
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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 .
- Martin Nebel, Georg Philippi (ed.): The mosses of Baden-Württemberg. Volume 2: Special part, (Bryophytina II, Schistostegales to Hypnobryales). Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3530-2 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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. 197.