Bryophytes
Mosses, Liverworts & Hornworts
"Bryophytes" is a resource devoted to Bryology, the branch of plant science concerned with the study of mosses, liverworts and hornworts. It provides information on the classification, structural features, natural history, ecology and evolutionary relationships of these plants. Although small in stature, bryophytes play significant roles in diverse terrestrial ecosystems. They are found growing on soil, rocks and/or trees throughout the world, from coastal Antarctica to the peat bogs of the Northern hemisphere, from the deserts of Australia to the rain forests of the Amazon. They are an essential part of this planet's biodiversity. Click on any of the topics listed to learn more about these fascinating organisms.
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December, 2008
Crandall-Stotler, B, R. E. Stotler & D. G. Long. 2009[2008]. Morphology and classification of the Marchantiophyta, pp. 1-54. In B. Goffinet & A. J. Shaw (eds.), Bryophyte Biology, ed. 2. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Crandall-Stotler, B. J., R. E. Stotler, W. T. Doyle & L. L. Forrest. 2008. Phaeoceros proskaueri sp. nov., a new species of the Phaeoceros hallii (Austin) Prosk.—Phaeoceros pearsonii (M. Howe) Prosk. complex and the systematic affinities of Paraphymatoceros Hässel. Fieldiana, Bot., n.s. 47: 213-238.
October, 2008
15 new Asian bryophyte pictures contributed by Li Zhang, Fairylake Botanical Garden, Guangdong, China: HORNWORTS - Folioceros cf. glandulosus, Megaceros flagellaris; LIVERWORTS - Acrolejeunea pusilla, Frullania muscicola, Trocholejeunea sandvicensis; MOSSES - Barbula indica, Bryum coronatum, Calymperes erosum (Calymperes erosum close up of gemmae), Dicranella cf. coarctata, Encalyptra ciliata, Funaria hygrometrica, Physcomitrium sphaericum, Rhizomnium cf. nudum, Sematophyllum phoeniceum, Vesicularia montagnei
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