Vascular plants, particularly seed plants, dominate vegetation throughout much of the world today, from the lush rainforests of the tropics harbouring a vast diversity of angiosperms, to the boreal forests of coniferous trees, draping the northern latitudes of the globe. This dominance in the landscape is the result of a long evolutionary history of plants conquering land. Evolution is the resu...

In the critical search for new antituberculosis lead compounds, bryophytes represent a largely untapped resource of chemically diverse structures. From the liverwort Jungermannia exsertifolia subsp. cordifolia, 11 new trachylobane diterpene derivatives, as well as three known compounds, were isolated. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic means, and full (1)H NMR spin analysis of on...

Bryophytes are a class of organisms found all over the globe except sea. They can grow on different surfaces and known for their fragrant aromas strong hot bitter taste. have been used in traditional Chinese medicine treatment many pathological conditions. In current study, we describe bioactivities present methanolic extracts obtained from 9 species bryophytes. Plant samples were dried extract...

Bryophilous fungi associated with two bryophyte species in the region of delta Tamil Nadu that is, mosses Polytrichum commune and Bryum capillare (Ptychostomum capillare) were studied during winter season. These bryophytes Desiccation-Tolerance Bryophytes plant (DTB), ability to lose virtually all free intracellular water then recover normal function upon rehydration is one most remarkable feat...

Bryophyte community structure was studied in ten streams in the Adirondack Mountains of New York and adjacent areas over an elevation range of 625 m. Species composition, including frequency and cover and possible niche parameters including elevation, water temperature, pH, flow rate, incident light, substrate type and height above or depth below water level were measured. An ordination was don...

To support the determination of hydrophytic vegetation in wetland delineations in Alaska, USA, a series of tests were conducted to develop a group of “test positive” species to be used in a “cryptogam indicator.” in 2004, non-vascular cryptogam species (bryophytes, lichens, and fungi) from interior and South-Central Alaska in the vicinities of Fairbanks and Anchorage were collected at a series ...

Monitoring tools are needed to assess changes in peatlandbiotic communities and ecosystem functions in response to on-going climate and other environmental changes. Although the responses of soil organisms and plants to ecological gradients and perturbations do not always correlate, peatland monitoring is mainly based on vegetation surveys. Testate amoebae, a group of protists, are important co...

Jasmonic acid and its metabolites are ubiquitously occurring lipid-derived signaling compounds that regulate growth, development and defense processes in flowering plants. However, their functions in lower land plants have not been well characterized yet. The model moss, Physcomitrella patens is a member of bryophytes and represents a key evolutionary position between green algae and flowering ...

Aim How spatial, historical and ecological processes drive diversity patterns remains one of the main foci island biogeography. We determined how beta varies across spatial scales among organisms, disentangled drivers this variation, examined how, consequently, biogeographic affinities within archipelagos vary land plants. Location Macaronesia. Taxon Bryophytes, pteridophytes, spermatophytes. M...