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Introduction to Bryophytes

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Introduction to Bryophytes

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    • Phylum Bryophyta
      • Class Bryopsida
        • Subclass Bryidae
        • Subclass Buxbaumiidae
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      • Class Tetraphidopsida
      • Class Polytrichopsida
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      • Class Andreaeopsida
      • Class Andreaeobryopsida
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      • Class Takakiopsida
    • Phylum Marchantiophyta
      • Class Haplomitriopsida
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Subclass Bryidae

The Subclass Bryidae is characterized by sporophytic features.  A primary distinguishing trait is the arrangement of the peristome.  Species have a double peristome with alternating teeth and segments, and the endostome is ciliate.

 

 

A few members of Subclass Bryidae include:

Aulacomnium androgynum

Bartramia pomiformis

Bryum argenteum

Buckiella undulata

Claopodium crispifolium

Fontinalis antipyretica

Homalothecium fulgescens

Hylocomium splendens

Hypnum circinale

Kindbergia oregana

Kindbergia praelonga

Leptobryum pyriforme

Leucolepis acanthoneuron

Metaneckera menziesii

Neckera douglasii

Orthrotrichum lyellii

Orthotrichum obtusifolium

Plagiomnium insigne

Pleurozium schreberi

Pohlia annotina

Pohlia nutans

Pottia truncata

Pseudoscleropodium purum

Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans

Racomitrium heterostichum

Rhizomnium glabrescens

Rhytidiadelphus loreus

Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus

Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus

Rhytidiopsis robusta

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Bryophytes

  • Phylum Bryophyta
    • Class Bryopsida
    • Class Tetraphidopsida
    • Class Polytrichopsida
    • Class Oedopodiopsida
    • Class Andreaeopsida
    • Class Andreaeobryopsida
    • Class Sphagnopsida
    • Class Takakiopsida
  • Phylum Marchantiophyta
    • Class Haplomitriopsida
    • Class Jungermanniopsida
    • Class Marchantiopsida
  • Phylum Anthocerotophyta

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Interesting Links

  • 2000 World Red List of Bryophytes
  • British Bryological Society
  • Bryophyte Flora of North America
  • eFlora Bryophyte Pages
  • International Association of Bryologists
  • Kew Garden
  • LiToL: Assembling the Liverwort Tree of Life
  • Southern Illinois University-Carbondale: Bryoology
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