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Haplomitrium

plant genus
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  • bryophyte moss
    bryophyte
    / Annotated classification

    …Indo-Malayan region; 1 extant genus, Haplomitrium. Order Metzgeriales Thallose, with the thallus mainly of uniformly thickened cell walls, usually reclining but sometimes erect; branching varies from forked to regularly pinnate or irregular; smooth rhizoids on the undersurface; sex organs lateral; sporophytes with elongate seta; sporangia spherical to elongate, with elaters…

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    …Indo-Malayan region; 1 extant genus, Haplomitrium. Order Metzgeriales Thallose, with the thallus mainly of uniformly thickened cell walls, usually reclining but sometimes erect; branching varies from forked to regularly pinnate or irregular; smooth rhizoids on the undersurface; sex organs lateral; sporophytes with elongate seta; sporangia spherical to elongate, with elaters…

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