Polytrichaceae is a common family of
mosses. Members of this family tend to be larger than other mosses with a thickened central stem and a
rhizome. The leaves have a midrib that bears
photosynthetic lamella
Lamella (plural lamellae) means a small plate or flake in Latin, and in English may refer to:
Biology
* Lamella (mycology), a papery rib beneath a mushroom cap
* Lamella (botany)
* Lamella (surface anatomy), a plate-like structure in an animal
...
e on the upper surface. Species in this group are
dioicous. Another characteristic that identifies them is that they have from 32 to 64
peristome Peristome (from the Greek ''peri'', meaning 'around' or 'about', and ''stoma'', 'mouth') is an anatomical feature that surrounds an opening to an organ or structure. Some plants, fungi, and shelled gastropods have peristomes.
In mosses
In mosse ...
teeth in their
sporangium.
Classification
Genera
Extinct genera
* ''
Eopolytrichum'' Konopka, Herendeen, Merrill & Crane (1997),
Gaillard Formation, Georgia, USA, Upper Cretaceous (
Campanian
The Campanian is the fifth of six ages of the Late Cretaceous Epoch on the geologic timescale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). In chronostratigraphy, it is the fifth of six stages in the Upper Cretaceous Series. Campani ...
)
* ''
Meantoinea'' Bippus, Stockey, Rothwell & Tomescu (2017) Apple Bay locality,
Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island is an island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The island is in length, in width at its widest point, and in total area, while are of land. The island is the largest by ...
, Canada, Lower Cretaceous (
Valanginian
In the geologic timescale, the Valanginian is an age or stage of the Early or Lower Cretaceous. It spans between 139.8 ± 3.0 Ma and 132.9 ± 2.0 Ma (million years ago). The Valanginian Stage succeeds the Berriasian Stage of the Lower Cretace ...
)
References
Moss families
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