Bryology (from Greek βρύον “moss” and logic ) is a branch of botany that studies bryophytes ( Bryophyta sensu lato ) [1] .
Scientists, specialists in the field of bryology (modern and fossil species of mosses), are called bryologists .
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The Plant List (2010), which is currently one of the most complete databases on plant names, contains 15 344 actual names of species, 1473 actual names of genera, and 165 real names of bryophytes [2] .
Previously, all bryophytes were considered as a single taxon in the rank of department - Mosses ( Musci ). Currently, the three main groups of mosses are divided into independent departments:
- Anthocerotophyta - Antotserotovidnye
- Bryophyta ( Bryophyta sensu stricto ) - Mossy , also Mosses
- Marchantiophyta - Hepatic Mosses
Scientific Societies
- International Association of Bryologists
- American Briological and Lichenological Society
- Latin American Briological Society (Spanish)
- The Biological and Lichenological Association of Central Europe (German)
- British Bryological Society
- Dutch bryological and lichenological society (nid.)
- Spanish Bryological Society (Spanish)
- Swiss Association of Briology and Lichenology (German)
- Japanese Bryological Society (created in 1972, the first president is Norivo Takaki )
Notes
- ↑ Bryology // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ The Bryophytes (Mosses and liverworts). Statistics // The Plant List (2010). Version 1. (lat.) (Eng.) (Retrieved February 20, 2013)
Literature
- Bardunov L.V. The oldest on land . - Novosibirsk: Publishing House "Science, Siberian Branch", 1984. - 159 p. - (Man and the environment).