The Moss Flora of Britain and IrelandThis book describes and illustrates in detail the 760 species of mosses currently known to occur in the British Isles and incorporates the most up-to-date information available on classification and nomenclature, together with recent synonyms. The species descriptions provide information on frequency, ecology, geographical relationships and distribution, including information on protected species and those species at risk. For many species there are footnotes to aid identification. In addition to the species descriptions there are descriptions of families and genera and also introductory information on conservation, collection, preservation and examination of material, together with advice on using the keys. An artificial key to genera provides the only workable comprehensive key published in the English language. This second edition incorporates the very considerable advances in our knowledge of mosses made in the last quarter of the twentieth century and will provide a unique resource for all concerned with these fascinating organisms. |
Contents
Conspectus of classification | 10 |
Division Bryophyta | 41 |
Geographical relationships of British and Irish mosses | 936 |
Glossary | 965 |
Bibliography | 983 |
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abaxial side acuminate acute adaxial alar cells America apices appressed auricles Autoicous basal cells basal cells rectangular basal marginal cells branch leaves Brid brown brownish Bryol bulbils calyptrae capsules Capsules common capsules erect capsules inclined Caucasus Circumpolar cm high cm long concave costa ending curved decurrent denticulate Dioicous ellipsoid ending below apex Europe north excurrent exothecial cells Faeroes Fennoscandia flexuose green tufts Greenland Hedw hyaline hyaline points imbricate incrassate Ireland irregularly lanceolate leaf apex leaf base leaf cells Leaf margins long as wide longly Lowland Macaronesia margins plane margins recurved mid-leaf cells Montane Mosses narrowly rectangular north to Svalbard obtuse occasional ovate ovate-lanceolate ovoid papillose Perichaetial leaves peristome peristome teeth plants plicate rare reddish rhizoidal rocks rostrate Setae shoots slightly smooth sometimes species spores sporophytes stem and branch stem leaves stomata strongly Svalbard tapering toothed tufts or patches Turkey unistratose usually wide in mid-leaf yellowish green µm wide