moss genus

1. A genus of mosses (synset 111558337)
   is a type of: genus - (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species
   subtypes:

   • anthoceros, genus anthoceros - hornworts
   • andreaea, genus andreaea - brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits
   • dicranum, genus dicranum - type genus of Dicranaceae
   • bryum, genus bryum - type genus of the Bryaceae: mosses distinguished by mostly erect and tufted gametophytes and symmetrical short-necked capsules
   • genus mnium, mnium - mosses similar to those of genus Bryum but larger
   • genus sphagnum - a large genus constituting the order Sphagnales: atypical mosses of temperate bogs with leaves that can hold much water
   • genus marchantia, marchantia - type genus of Marchantiaceae; liverworts that reproduce asexually by gemmae and have stalked antheridiophores
   • genus sphaerocarpos, genus sphaerocarpus, sphaerocarpos, sphaerocarpus - type genus of Sphaerocarpaceae; liverworts with small many-lobed usually orbicular thallus
   belongs to: bryophyta, division bryophyta - a division of nonflowering plants characterized by rhizoids rather than true roots and having little or no organized vascular tissue and showing alternation of generations between gamete-bearing forms and spore-bearing forms; comprises true mosses (Bryopsida) and liverworts (Hepaticopsida) and hornworts (Anthoceropsida)

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