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ACROCARPE [2 records]

Record 1 2012-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mosses and Related Plants
DEF

Referring to a moss (Bryophyta) having the sporophyte at the end of a stem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mousses et plantes apparentées
DEF

Se dit d’une mousse (Bryophyta) dont le sporophyte se trouve à l’extrémité d’une tige ou d’une branche principale.

Spanish

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Record 2 1988-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Silviculture
  • Ecosystems
DEF

A widely distributed order of Musci comprising mosses with erect gametophores, a usually acrocarpus sporophyte, and a capsule with 16 peristome teeth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Sylviculture
  • Écosystèmes
CONT

Ordre des dricanales. Gamétophyte riche en feuilles, souvent orientées du même côté et longuement atténuées; sporophyte acrocarpe; mousses cléistocarpes ou, plus souvent, stégocarpes, avec péristome simple, à seize dents. L'ordre comprend huit familles [...]

Spanish

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