moss genus

/mɔs ˌdʒinəs/

Definitions of moss genus

1. noun

   a genus of mosses
   types:

   Anthoceros, genus Anthoceros

   hornworts

   Andreaea, genus Andreaea

   brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits

   Dicranum, genus Dicranum

   type genus of Dicranaceae

   Bryum, genus Bryum

   type genus of the Bryaceae: mosses distinguished by mostly erect and tufted gametophytes and symmetrical short-necked capsules

   Mnium, genus Mnium

   mosses similar to those of genus Bryum but larger

   genus Sphagnum

   a large genus constituting the order Sphagnales: atypical mosses of temperate bogs with leaves that can hold much water

   Marchantia, genus Marchantia

   type genus of Marchantiaceae; liverworts that reproduce asexually by gemmae and have stalked antheridiophores

   Sphaerocarpos, Sphaerocarpus, genus Sphaerocarpos, genus Sphaerocarpus

   type genus of Sphaerocarpaceae; liverworts with small many-lobed usually orbicular thallus

   type of:

   genus

   (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species