moss genus

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moss genus - a genus of mosses genus - (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species 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) 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