
1) Genus andreaea 2) Moss genus
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Andreaea is a genus of rock mosses with about 45 species. They are small, delicate acrocarpous mosses (meaning that the capsules are formed at the tips of vertical branches) that form dark brown or reddish cushions on wet siliceous rocks in mountainous areas. The capsule lacks the peristome teeth and operculum of other mosses, and opens by splitti...
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(from the article `bryophyte`) ...beyond perichaetium on an elongate leafless extension of the gametophore (pseudopodium); mainly in cooler climates throughout the world, confined ... ...Bryophyta. Two major groups of mosses are recognized, the true mosses and the commercially important peat mosses (Sphagnum). (The granite mosses ... ...
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[
n] - brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits
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genus Andreaea noun brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits
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