Related WordNet synsets for SUMO concept Moss

More specialized WordNet synsets

bryophyte, nonvascular plant

any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta

Anthoceropsida, class Anthoceropsida

hornworts: in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida

Anthocerotales, order Anthocerotales

hornworts; liverworts having a thalloid gametophyte; in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida

hornwort

liverworts with slender hornlike 2-valved capsules

Anthocerotaceae, family Anthocerotaceae

hornworts

Anthoceros, genus Anthoceros

hornworts

Andreaea, genus Andreaea

brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits

Bryopsida, class Bryopsida, Musci, class Musci

true mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales; Bryales; Dicranales; Eubryales; Sphagnales

acrocarp, acrocarpous moss

a moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule)

pleurocarp, pleurocarpous moss

a moss having the archegonium or antheridium on a short side branch rather than the main stalk

Andreaeales, order Andreaeales

comprises a single genus: Andreaea

Bryales, order Bryales

category used in some classification systems for mosses having the spore case separated from the capsule wall by a hollow intercellular space

Dicranales, order Dicranales

widely distributed order of mosses with erect gametophores and sporophytes at the tips of stems

Eubryales, order Eubryales

mosses with perennial erect gametophores and stems with rows of leaves and drooping capsules

Dicranaceae, family Dicranaceae

mosses having costate leaves and long-stalked capsules with cleft peristome

Dicranum, genus Dicranum

type genus of Dicranaceae

Mniaceae, family Mniaceae

family of erect mosses with club-shaped paraphyses and the hexagonal cells of the upper leaf surface; sometimes treated as a subfamily of Bryaceae

Bryaceae, family Bryaceae

a family of acrocarpous mosses

Bryum, genus Bryum

type genus of the Bryaceae: mosses distinguished by mostly erect and tufted gametophytes and symmetrical short-necked capsules

Mnium, genus Mnium

mosses similar to those of genus Bryum but larger

Sphagnales, order Sphagnales

coextensive with the genus Sphagnum; in some classifications isolated in a separate subclass

genus Sphagnum

a large genus constituting the order Sphagnales: atypical mosses of temperate bogs with leaves that can hold much water

sphagnum, sphagnum moss, peat moss, bog moss

any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat

liverwort

any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses

Hepaticopsida, class Hepaticopsida, Hepaticae, class Hepaticae

liverworts: comprises orders Anthocerotales; Jungermanniales; Marchantiales; Sphaerocarpales

Jungermanniales, order Jungermanniales

large order of chiefly tropical liverworts

leafy liverwort, scale moss

mosslike liverwort with tiny scalelike leaves; usually epiphytic

Marchantiales, order Marchantiales

liverworts with gametophyte differentiated internally

Jungermanniaceae, family Jungermanniaceae

comprising the leafy members of the order Jungermanniales

Marchantiaceae, family Marchantiaceae

liverworts with prostrate and usually dichotomously branched thalli

Marchantia, genus Marchantia

type genus of Marchantiaceae; liverworts that reproduce asexually by gemmae and have stalked antheridiophores

Sphaerocarpaceae, family Sphaerocarpaceae

liverworts with bilaterally symmetrical gametophytes; sometimes placed in the order Jungermanniales

hepatica, Marchantia polymorpha

a common liverwort

Sphaerocarpales, order Sphaerocarpales

small order sometimes included in the order Jungermanniales

Sphaerocarpus, genus Sphaerocarpus, Sphaerocarpos, genus Sphaerocarpos

type genus of Sphaerocarpaceae; liverworts with small many-lobed usually orbicular thallus

moss-grown, mossy

overgrown with moss

acrocarpous

(of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem

pleurocarpous

(of mosses) having the archegonia on short lateral branches