All green, but equal? Morphological traits and ecological implications on spores of three species of mosses in the Brazilian Atlantic forest

Spores of the tropical mosses Pyrrhobryum spiniforme, Neckeropsis undulata and N. disticha were characterized regarding size, number per capsule and viability. Chemical substances were analyzed for P. spiniforme and N. undulata spores. Length of sporophyte seta (spore dispersal ability) was analyzed...

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Main Authors: ADAÍSES S. MACIEL-SILVA, FLÁVIA C.L. DA SILVA, IVANY F.M. VÁLIO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2014-09-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652014000301249&lng=en&tlng=en