20 Characteristics of Moss Plant, Examples, Benefits, Classification & Metagenesis

Characteristics Moss plant  – a plant that has unique characteristics and is often referred to as a pioneer plant (pioneer). Know why? Before explained in more detail, first try to state what you know about lichens and mosses there are examples around where you live! If so, please learn more about the characteristics of mosses, classification, examples, or benefits. There are also good friends still remember about previous material, any material it?

Yes, the material fungi, bacteria, viruses, and other materials in the semester 1. The materials beforehand if observed a microscopic material that is of most small to fairly large and can be seen by human vision.

Therefore, in the initial study of plant material also starts from mosses, because this plant generally has a much smaller size than higher-level plants such as nails (Pteridophyta) and seed plants (spermatophyte).

Plant moss (Bryophyta)

Moss is a plant that normally lives in the soil surface, stone, wall, or tree wet. That is why, mosses is a pioneer plant, because it is able to live in places that can not be covered by other plants. And after the place occupied moss began to experience weathering, such as hard rock that initially becomes increasingly soft, the longer will be overgrown by vegetation other than mosses, such as a nail, or seed plants.

There are approximately 23,000 species of moss that has been identified, these plants usually live in damp and humid place. In order to clearly understand the characteristics of mosses, please do direct observation with the team or your group to take a sample or samples of mosses around you

Characteristics of Plant Lumut

Here are the characteristics of plants moss in general.

1. Plants autotrophs (produce their own food) with photosynthesis
2. Do not have a network of vessels (carrier) xylem and phloem
3. Stems and leaves, but the roots are still in the form of Rhizoid
4. Chlorophyll and generally green
5. Also called transition Thallophyta plants (plants bertalus) and Cormophyta (plants berkormus)
6. Experiencing metagenesis (rotation descent)
7. Habitat in the wet and damp, surface rocks, large tree trunks, some even living in water (except sea water) as spaghnum
8. The relatively small size between 1-2 cm, but some are up to 20 cm
9. Multicellular
10. The cells are eukaryotic
11. The cell walls are composed of cellulose
12. The leaves are composed of a layer of cells in the bone except the leaves can be made up of 15 layers of cells
13. Plant surface is coated by a layer of wax, it holds the ingress of water and reduce evaporation
14. Reproduce by spores
15. Mosses actually seen a phase of the gametophyte or are haploid (n), and
16. that are diploid (2n) is a zygote and sporogoium which is a phase sporophyte
17. When the zygote develops into an embryo, still remain in Gametangium females.
18. Sperm are produced by Antheridium and ova produced by Archegonium
19. Be primary stem growth, which just increases the length (height) does not increase the width (enlarged)
20. Living in colonies

Plant classification Lumut

After knowing the characteristics of mosses, the following is a classification of mosses. There are several kinds of mosses, including:

1. Moss leaves
2. Liverworts
3. Hornwort

For example, the following classification is a classification of mosses Marchantia sp.
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Marchantiopsida
Order: marchantiales
Family: marchantiaceae
Genus: Marchantia L.

Descriptions please’ll learn here »Plant Classification Lumut

Plant example Lumut

Examples of moss plants are often found in the environment, among others Marchantia geminata, Anthoceros natans, Ricceia natans, Marchantia polymorpha, Sphagnum, and many others. Specification details please learn the material moss species. Please click here »Plant type Lumut

Plant metagenesis Lumut

In his life, mosses experienced rotation descent or called metagenesis. Here is a chart metagenesis mosses.

Descriptions please learn the material here »metagenesis Plant Lumut

Plants benefit Lumut

In general, moss plants used for medicine, for example Clavatum, Marchantia polymorpha to treat hepatitis, and many others. More information about the benefits of mosses in the following materials »Benefit Plant Lumut

Similarly, a description of the material characteristics of mosses. May provide benefits to those who read it, so always keep the environment in order to remain green and uncontaminated.