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Descriptor English: Bryopsida
Descriptor Spanish: Bryopsida
Descriptor Bryopsida
Entry term(s) Ceratodon
Physcomitrella
musgos verdaderos
Scope note: Clase de plantas, de entre las Bryophyta, que comprende los musgos, que crecen en pantanos (incluidos los de agua dulce) y en ambientes más secos. Los musgos poseen tallos, erectos o tumbados y carentes de hojas, que dan lugar a tallos sin hojas y con cápsulas. Las esporas formadas en las cápsulas son liberadas para producir nuevas plantas (Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990). Muchas plantas pequeñas que se denominan musgos en realidad no son tales. El musgo que se encuentra en la cara norte de los árboles es realmente un alga verde (ALGAS VERDES). El musgo irlandés en realidad es un alga roja (ALGAS ROJAS). El liquen del oso (musgo del oso), musgo islandés, musgo de roble y el musgo de reno son realmente LÍQUENES. La denominación musgo español es un nombre común tanto para LÍQUENES como para una planta aérea (TILLANDSIA usneoides) de la familia de la piña. El Lycopodium spp es una hierba perenne de la familia LYCOPODIACEAE.
Descriptor Portuguese: Bryopsida
Descriptor French: Bryopsida
Entry term(s): Bryopsidas
Ceratodon
Ceratodons
Mosse, True
Mosses, True
Physcomitrella
Physcomitrellas
True Mosse
True Mosses
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.137.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019068
Scope note: A class of plants within the Bryophyta comprising the mosses, which are found in both damp (including freshwater) and drier situations. Mosses possess erect or prostrate leafless stems, which give rise to leafless stalks bearing capsules. Spores formed in the capsules are released and grow to produce new plants. (Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990). Many small plants bearing the name moss are in fact not mosses. The "moss" found on the north side of trees is actually a green alga (CHLOROPHYTA). Irish moss is really a red alga (RHODOPHYTA). Beard lichen (beard moss), Iceland moss, oak moss, and reindeer moss are actually LICHENS. Spanish moss is a common name for both LICHENS and an air plant (TILLANDSIA usneoides) of the pineapple family. Club moss is an evergreen herb of the family LYCOPODIACEAE.
Annotation: entry term MOSSES, TRUE: check MeSH for other moss term
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PO poisoning
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TO toxicity
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Plants (1966-1995)
Public MeSH Note: 2004; see MOSSES 1996-2003
History Note: 2004(1996)
DeCS ID: 32680
Unique ID: D019068
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Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1995/06/05
Revision Date: 2015/06/23
Bryopsida - Preferred
Concept UI M0028468
Scope note A class of plants within the Bryophyta comprising the mosses, which are found in both damp (including freshwater) and drier situations. Mosses possess erect or prostrate leafless stems, which give rise to leafless stalks bearing capsules. Spores formed in the capsules are released and grow to produce new plants. (Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990). Many small plants bearing the name moss are in fact not mosses. The "moss" found on the north side of trees is actually a green alga (CHLOROPHYTA). Irish moss is really a red alga (RHODOPHYTA). Beard lichen (beard moss), Iceland moss, oak moss, and reindeer moss are actually LICHENS. Spanish moss is a common name for both LICHENS and an air plant (TILLANDSIA usneoides) of the pineapple family. Club moss is an evergreen herb of the family LYCOPODIACEAE.
Preferred term Bryopsida
Entry term(s) Bryopsidas
Mosse, True
Mosses, True
True Mosse
True Mosses
Physcomitrella - Narrower
Concept UI M0028467
Preferred term Physcomitrella
Entry term(s) Physcomitrellas
Ceratodon - Narrower
Concept UI M0028466
Preferred term Ceratodon
Entry term(s) Ceratodons



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