Article: bryology
A Dictionary of Plant Sciences;      7 words ...bryology The study of bryophytes (Bryophyta).

Article: Bryophytes
Biology;      700+ words ...Bryophytes Bryophytes are seedless plants without specialized water-conducting tissues. Bryophytes include mosses (phylum Bryophyta), liverworts (phylum Marchantiophyta Hepatophyta), and hornworts (phylum Anthocerophyta). They are plants that virtually...

Article: Callistemon
A Dictionary of Plant Sciences;      43 words ...Callistemon (family Myrtaceae ) A genus of plants in which the inflorescences are conspicuous, stout spikes, beyond which a leafy shoot extends. Several species are ornamentals. There are 20 species, occurring in Australia and New Caledonia. They are close to Metrosideros .

Article: leptoid
A Dictionary of Plant Sciences;      24 words ...leptoid In some bryophytes ( Bryophyta ), an elongated cell in the stem specialized for conducting nutrients, analogous to a sieve cell . Compare HYDROID .

Article: Evolution of Plants
Biology;      700+ words ......resemble the earliest land plants (bryophytes) in a variety of ways, including the...classified into two main groups: the bryophytes (nonvascular plants) and the tracheophytes...embryophytes because of this feature. The bryophytes consist of the liverworts, hornworts...

Article: Go green with moss: Part 1: Ann Martin makes the case to make a place for moss in your eco-friendly landscape.(digging in)
New Life Journal;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......in the winter months. In other words, bryophytes--our local mosses--provide aesthetic...of mosses that prefer shade, but most bryophytes in the area are tolerant of partial...here's some more information about bryophytes to help better prepare you to go green...

Article: Plant
Biology;      588 words ......transport water throughout their bodies (the bryophytes are an exception), and rigid internal...divisions) in two major groups. The bryophytes are the most primitive group, lacking...transport of water. There are three phyla of bryophytes — the mosses, liverworts, and...

Article: antherozoid
A Dictionary of Biology;      44 words ...antherozoid ( spermatozoid ) The motile male gamete of algae, fungi, bryophytes, clubmosses, horsetails, ferns, and certain gymnosperms. Antherozoids usually develop in an antheridium but in certain gymnosperms, such as Ginkgo and Cycas , they develop from a cell in the pollen tube.

Article: rhizoid
A Dictionary of Biology;      36 words ...rhizoid One of a group of delicate and often colourless hairlike outgrowths found in certain algae and the gametophyte generation of bryophytes and ferns. They anchor the plant to the substrate and absorb water and mineral salts.

Article: gametophyte
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English;      63 words ......the gamete-producing and usually haploid phase, producing the zygote from which the sporophyte arises. It is the dominant form in bryophytes. DERIVATIVES: ga·me·to·phyt·ic / gəˌmētəˈfitik / adj.

Article: antheridium
A Dictionary of Biology;      52 words ...antheridium (pl. antheridia) The male sex organ of algae, fungi, bryophytes, clubmosses, horsetails, and ferns. It produces the male gametes ( antherozoids ). It may consist of a single cell or it may have...

Article: Submerged aquatic bryophytes in Colour Lake, a naturally acidic polar lake with occasional year-round ice-cover.
Arctic;  December 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......whether the annual growth of benthic bryophytes reflects the state of summer ice cover...lakes. Key Words: Arctic lakes, aquatic bryophytes, photosynthesis, light, temperature...determiner si la croissance annuelle des bryophytes benthiques reflete l'etat de la couverture...

Article: bryophyte
World Encyclopedia;      49 words ...bryophyte Group of small, green, rootless non- vascular plants (phylum Bryophyta), including moss and liverwort . Bryophytes grow on damp surfaces exposed to light, including rocks and tree bark, almost everywhere from the Arctic to the Antarctic...

Article: Gametophyte
Plant Sciences;      303 words ......gametophyte has a very different appearance from the sporophyte. In bryophytes the gametophyte is the highly visible, persistent phase of...are of four different types. These include: (1) the green, leafy shoot systems of mosses, and leafy liverworts; (2) the green, thallus...