Bryophyte Plantae Flora and Fauna
Bryophyte Plantae Flora and Fauna
The Bryophytes are the most elementary of the land plants and include the three groups, Anthocerotophyta commonly known as the hornworts, Hepaticophyta (Marchantiophyta) commonly known as the liverworts and Bryophyta commonly known as the mosses. They are distinguished from other plants by their persistent reproductive structures, the gametophytes, the short threads or rhizoids with which they anchor themselves to the ground and the fact that their motile sperm cells must swim to the egg, held in a flask-shaped organ in the gametophyte, through a fluid-filled protective tube of cells.
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Bryophyte Index - Images of bryophytes and their characteristics.
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Andrew's Moss Site - Photographs of mosses and a key to identifying the mosses and liverworts of northwest Europe.
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SUMO: Non Flowering Plants - Definitions of some of the specialized terminology used in describing flowerless plants.
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Wild About Britain: Flowerless Plants - Provides a gallery of photographs of mosses, liverworts, ferns and horsetails.
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Mosses and Liverworts in Wales - Produced by a member of the Countryside Council for Wales, this site gives an overview of what byophytes are, the habitats where they can be found in Wales and their conservation
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Bryophyte Specialist Group - The world conservation union and Species Survival Commission. Includes the red list of approximately 92 endangered bryophytes.
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Mosses and Liverworts to Know in the Field - Provides a list, with photographs, of some very common mosses and liverworts found throughout much of the southeastern United States.
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The World's Most Endangered Bryophytes - A list of the most endangered mosses and liverworts, with descriptions of their habitats and the last known localities.
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Mosses and Liverworts, Simple Plants? - Article by Jan Parmentier on these plants and their reproductive structures, with photomicrographs.
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Bryology.eu - Information on current research on the bryophyte flora of continental southern Italy and Albania.
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Bryophyte - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - The bryophytes are those land plants that have tissues and enclosed reproductive systems but lack vascular tissue that circulates liquids. They neither flower nor produce seeds but reproduce via spores.
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Mosses and Allies - Photographs and information on the mosses, liverworts and hornworts.
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Bryophyte Classification - Provides diagrams showing the relationships between the major lineages of green algae and land plants.
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Bryophytes - Bryology at The Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
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Survey of the Bryophytes of Arable Land - Information on this project undertaken by the British Bryological Society.
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