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. |
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Taxonomic categories | 2 |
Illustrations | 3 |
CONSPECTUS OF CLASSIFICATION | 4 |
ABBREVIATIONS | 8 |
ARTIFICIAL KEY TO GENERA | 9 |
SPHAGNOPSIDA | 30 |
ANDREAEOPSIDA | 79 |
BRYOPSIDA | 87 |
GLOSSARY | 675 |
| 685 | |
ADDENDUM | 687 |
| 689 | |
Common terms and phrases
1reland Algeria America angular cells Antheridia apiculate appressed Asia auricles Autoecious basal cells basal cells rectangular border branch leaf branch lvs Brid Britain brownish Bryol bulbils calyptra capsule erect capsule inclined Caucasus cells x 415 cilia concave crisped when dry cucullate curved cylindrical decurrent denticulate Dioecious dorsal ellipsoid ending below apex Europe Faroes flexuose Greenland habitats hair-point Hedw hexagonal hyaline hyaline cells imbricate incrassate irregularly lamina lanceolate leaf leaf apex leaves Lf margin lid conical Lindb linear long as wide longly Macaronesia margin entire margin plane margin recurved mid-leaf cells montane narrowly lanceolate narrowly rectangular nerve ending occasional ovate-lanceolate ovoid papillose perichaetial lvs peristome teeth plicate pores porose quadrate rare reddish rhizoids rhomboidal rocks rostrate Schimp secund Seta shoots slightly smooth soil sometimes species spores spreading when moist stem 1vs stomata straight subula toothed tufts or patches upper 1vs upper cells usually ventral wide in mid-lf yellowish-green
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Moss Flora of Britain and Ireland |
| Author | Anthony John Edwin Smith |
| Illustrated by | Ruth Smith |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1980 |
| ISBN | 052129973X, 9780521299732 |
| Length | 706 pages |
| Subjects | › › Nature / Plants / General Science / Life Sciences / Botany |
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