Oedipodium

	Oedipodium ''Oedipodium'' is the only genus of moss in the family Oedipodiaceae. It contains the single species ''Oedipodium griffithianum'', the gouty-moss or Griffith's oedipodium moss. This species is distributed in cooler climates of Eurasia, as well as from Alaska, Washington state, British Columbia, Yukon, Greenland, Newfoundland, Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands. The relationship of ''Oedipodium'' to other mosses has been much debated. Previously, the taxon has been included with the Funariales or the Splachnales. However, characteristics of the protonemata and asexual propagation, along with molecular evidence, point to a closer relationship with the Tetraphidaceae Tetraphidaceae is a family of mosses. It includes only the two genera '' Tetraphis'' and '' Tetrodontium'', each with two species. The defining feature of the family is the 4-toothed peristome. Range This family of mosses is most commonly .... References Monotypic moss genera Flora of Alaska ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Funariales Funariales is an order containing 356 species,26 genera and 7 families. 1.Gigaspermaceae 2.Funariaceae 3. Disceliaceae 4. Oedipodiacea 5. Splachaceae 6. Ephemeraceae 7. Splachnobryaceae The members are small,annual or biennial land mosses. Families The order contains 7 families: * Funariaceae (ca. 300 species) The family Disceliaceae ''Discelium'' is the only genus of moss in the family Disceliaceae; it contains the single species ''Discelium nudum'', the flag-moss. This species is rare, but is widely distributed in cool and temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere ... and its only species, '' Discelium nudum'', was formerly placed in this order, but is now placed in its own order, Disceliales. References Moss orders Monotypic plant orders {{Bryophyte-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Flora Of South Argentina Flora (: floras or florae) is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring ( indigenous) native plants. The corresponding term for animals is ''fauna'', and for fungi, it is ''funga''. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora as in the terms ''gut flora'' or ''skin flora''. Etymology The word "flora" comes from the Latin name of Flora, the goddess of plants, flowers, and fertility in Roman mythology. The technical term "flora" is then derived from a metonymy of this goddess at the end of the sixteenth century. It was first used in poetry to denote the natural vegetation of an area, but soon also assumed the meaning of a work cataloguing such vegetation. Moreover, "Flora" was used to refer to the flowers of an artificial garden in the seventeenth century. The distinction between vegetation (the general appearance of a community) and flora (the taxonomic composition of a community) was first made by Jules Thurman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Flora Of Greenland The flora of Greenland consists of a total of 583 species or 614 taxa (species and subspecies) of vascular plants, of which 13 are endemic, and 87 taxa introduced by humans, most of which are naturalized. Apiaceae ''Angelica archangelica'' – native ''Carum carvi'' – introduced '' Ligusticum scoticum'' ssp. ''scoticum'' – native Aspleniaceae '' Asplenium viride'' – native Asteraceae ''Achillea millefolium'' ssp. ''millefolium'' – introduced ''Antennaria affinis'' – native, endemic (microspecies) '' Antennaria alpina'' ''Antennaria angustata'' – native ''Antennaria boecherana'' – native, endemic (microspecies) ''Antennaria canescens'' – native '' Antennaria compacta'' – native '' Antennaria friesiana'' – native '' Antennaria glabrata'' – native '' Antennaria hansii'' – native, endemic (microspecies) '' Antennaria intermedia'' – native, endemic (microspecies) '' Antennaria porsildii'' – native '' Antennaria sornborgeri'' – native '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Flora Of British Columbia Flora (: floras or florae) is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring ( indigenous) native plants. The corresponding term for animals is ''fauna'', and for fungi, it is '' funga''. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora as in the terms ''gut flora'' or ''skin flora''. Etymology The word "flora" comes from the Latin name of Flora, the goddess of plants, flowers, and fertility in Roman mythology. The technical term "flora" is then derived from a metonymy of this goddess at the end of the sixteenth century. It was first used in poetry to denote the natural vegetation of an area, but soon also assumed the meaning of a work cataloguing such vegetation. Moreover, "Flora" was used to refer to the flowers of an artificial garden in the seventeenth century. The distinction between vegetation (the general appearance of a community) and flora (the taxonomic composition of a community) was first made by Jules Thurma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Monotypic Moss Genera In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group ( taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispecific" or "monospecific" is sometimes preferred. In botanical nomenclature, a monotypic genus is a genus in the special case where a genus and a single species are simultaneously described. In contrast, an oligotypic taxon contains more than one but only a very few subordinate taxa. Examples Just as the term ''monotypic'' is used to describe a taxon including only one subdivision, the contained taxon can also be referred to as monotypic within the higher-level taxon, e.g. a genus monotypic within a family. Some examples of monotypic groups are: Plants * In the order Amborellales, there is only one family, Amborellaceae and there is only one genus, ''Amborella'', and in this genus there is only one species, namely ''Amborella trichopod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Tetraphidaceae Tetraphidaceae is a family of mosses. It includes only the two genera ''Tetraphis'' and ''Tetrodontium'', each with two species. The defining feature of the family is the 4-toothed peristome. Range This family of mosses is most commonly found in northern latitudes. ''Tetraphis'' ''Tetraphis pellucida'' is the most common species in the family and is usually found in deciduous forests. Its leaves become wider in colder climates, which often leads to a misclassification of the species. ''Tetraphis geniculata'' is less commonly found and also appears in northern latitudes. The species often grows alongside the only other species in the genus, ''T. pellucida''. Both ''Tetraphis'' species are found growing on moist sedimentary rocks and also on soil with high organic content, but the genus is mostly found growing on rotting logs. ''Tetrodontium'' ''Tetrodontium brownianum'' grows most frequently on wet and shady rocks, of either granite or sandstone. The species normally gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Protonema A protonema (plural: protonemata) is a thread-like chain of cells that forms the earliest stage of development of the gametophyte (the haploid phase) in the life cycle of mosses. When a moss first grows from a spore, it starts as a ''germ tube'', which lengthens and branches into a filamentous complex known as a ''protonema'', which develops into a leafy gametophore, the adult form of a gametophyte in bryophytes. Moss spores germinate to form an alga-like filamentous structure called the protonema. It represents the juvenile gametophyte. While the protonema is growing by apical cell division, at some stage, under the influence of the phytohormone cytokinin, buds are induced which grow by three-faced apical cells. These give rise to gametophores, stems and leaf like structures. Bryophytes do not have true leaves ( megaphylls). Protonemata are characteristic of all mosses and some liverworts but are absent from hornworts. Protonemata of mosses are composed of two cell types: c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Splachnales Splachnales is the botanical name of an order of Bryophyta or leafy moss Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) '' sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise liverworts, mosses, and hor ...es. References External links Moss orders {{Bryophyte-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]