Illustrated Moss Flora of Antarctica

Illustrated Moss Flora of Antarctica
Author: Ryszard Ochyra
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 711
Release: 2008-11-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0521814022

Mosses are a major component of the vegetation in ice-free coastal regions of Antarctica. They play an important role in the colonisation of ice-free terrain, accumulation of organic matter, release of organic exudates, and also provide a food and habitat resource for invertebrates. They serve as model organisms for physiological experiments designed to elucidate problems of plant cold tolerance and survival mechanisms and for monitoring biological responses to climate change. This Flora provides the first comprehensive description, with keys, of all known species and varieties of moss in the Antarctic biome. It has involved microscopic examination of around 10,000 specimens from Antarctica and, for comparison, from other continents. All species are illustrated by detailed line drawings, alongside information about their reproductive status, ecology, and distribution. This is an invaluable resource for bryologists worldwide, as well as to Antarctic botanists and other terrestrial biologists.

Pleurocarpous Mosses

Pleurocarpous Mosses
Author: Angela E. Newton
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 460
Release: 2007-04-13
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1420005596

The shift from traditional taxonomic methods to data-oriented, analytical cladistic methodologies has led to a better understanding of biological processes and more accurate classifications for a wide range of organisms, including mosses. Pleurocarpous Mosses: Systematics and Evolution explores the impact of these methods through recent breakthroug

Moss flora of China : English version

Moss flora of China : English version
Author: Chien Gao
Publisher: Missouri Botanical Garden Press
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2007
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9781930723573

China has about 2,500 species of mosses and has the richest and the most diverse moss flora in the Northern Temperate zone. This number is about 20% of all the mosses currently recognized in the world. Knowledge of the Chinese moss flora, like that of the vascular plant flora, is of importance to the understanding of the underlying dynamics of past plant migrations, vegetational history, and the significance of the local refugia in Asia. This volume treats 32 genera and 206 specific and infraspecific taxa. The following taxa are treated: Bryaceae, Mniaceae, Rhizogoniaceae, Hypnodendraceae, Aulacomniaceae, Meesiaceae, Bartramiaceae, Spiridentaceae, and Timmiaceae.

Hikobia

Hikobia
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 832
Release: 1999
Genre: Botany
ISBN:

Moss Flora of Central America

Moss Flora of Central America
Author: Bruce Allen
Publisher: Missouri Botanical Garden Press
Total Pages: 750
Release: 1994
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

Part 3 gives keys, descriptions, and discussions for 239 moss species. In addition, for each species precise type information is provided; distribution within Central America is documented by the examination of specimens; world distribution is indicated; habitat notes based on personal field experience or taken from collection labels are provided; and a list of previously published illustrations is given. This volume contains numerous genera that treat all tropical American species of those genera, as well as major treatments on Lepidopilum (18 species), Thamniopsis (13 species), Pireella (11 species), and Porotrichum (11 species); it will likely prove useful for many genera throughout the Neotropics.