PLECHAR – Morphological and anatomical character information for 661 pleurocarpous mosses for use in evolutionary and ecological studies
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description: The data file PLECHAR.xlsx (Excel) includes four sheets • SPECIES AND CHARACTER STATES, with the data. • STUDIED SPECIMENS, specifying which specimens were studied. • CITED LITERATURE, listing the literature cited in the PLECHAR.xlsx file itself. • CHARACTER EXPLANATIONS – READ!, with information about characters that are not self-explanatory. The data (SPECIES AND CHARACTER STATES) includes morphological and anatomical character information for 661 pleurocarpous moss taxa, mostly at the species level, described under 106 headings. I compiled the morphological and anatomical character data for pleurocarpous mosses mainly from studies where I scored the character information myself. Information about which studies this is based on is included in the README file. A few additions were made from the literature, as indicated in the sheet CITED LITERATURE in the data file. Since I scored almost all information myself, any observational bias should be approximately the same throughout the data and the information on a particular character should be comparable between taxa.
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  name: Hedenäs L. 2012. Morphological and anatomical features associated with epiphytism among the pleurocarpous mosses – one basis for further research on adaptations and their evolution. Journal of Bryology. 34:79-100.
citation: Hedenäs L. 2001. The importance of phylogeny and habitat factors in explaining gametophytic character states in European Amblystegiaceae. Journal of Bryology. 23:205-219.
citation: Hedenäs L. 1997. An evaluation of phylogenetic relationships among the Thuidiaceae, the Amblystegiaceae, and the temperate members of the Hypnaceae. Lindbergia. 22:101-133.
citation: Hedenäs L. 1997. The Drepanocladus s. str. species with excurrent costae (Musci: Amblystegiaceae). Nova Hedwigia. 64:535-547.
citation: Hedenäs L. 1989. Some neglected character distribution patterns among the pleurocarpous mosses. Bryologist. 92:157-163.
citation: Hedenäs L. 1997. A partial generic revision of Campylium (Musci). Bryologist. 100:65-88.
citation: Hedenäs L. 1992. Flora of Madeiran pleurocarpous mosses (Isobryales, Hypnobryales, Hookeriales). Bryophytorum Bibliotheca. 44:1-165.
citation: Hedenäs L. 1987. On the ontogeny of alar cells in Drepanocladus aduncus, D. exannulatus and some other species. Journal of Bryology. 14:753-759.
citation: Hedenäs L. 2002. An overview of the family Brachytheciaceae (Bryophyta) in Australia. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 92:51-90.
citation: Hedenäs L. 2001. Environmental factors potentially affecting character states in pleurocarpous mosses. Bryologist. 104:72-91.
citation: Hedenäs L. 2002. Vittia salina L. Hedenäs & J. Muñoz, sp. nov., from Argentina. Journal of Bryology. 24:163-165.
citation: Hedenäs L. 1990. Axillary hairs in pleurocarpous mosses - a comparative study. Lindbergia. 15:166-180.
citation: Hedenäs L, Watling MC. 2005. Bryophyte flora of Uganda. 5. Hypnaceae (Part 2). Journal of Bryology. 27:153-160.
citation: Hedenäs L. 1989. The genera Scorpidium and Hamatocaulis, gen. nov., in Northern Europe. Lindbergia. 15:8-36.
citation: Hedenäs L. 2014. Calliergonaceae. In: Committee FoNAE, ed. Flora of North America, north of Mexico. Volume 28. Bryophyta, Part 2. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 384-403.
citation: Hedenäs L. 1993. A generic revision of the Warnstorfia-Calliergon group. Journal of Bryology. 17:447-479.
citation: Hedenäs L. 1992. Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on the genera Calliergonella and Breidleria. Lindbergia. 16:161-168.
citation: Hedenäs L. 2000. How important is phylogenetic history in explaining character states in pleurocarpous mosses? Canadian Journal of Botany. 77:1723-1743.
citation: Hedenäs L. 1996. A cladistic study of relationships between the Hookeriales, the Sematophyllaceae and some other taxa. Lindbergia. 21:49-82.
citation: Hedenäs L. 1998. An overview of the Drepanocladus sendtneri complex. Journal of Bryology. 20:83-102.
citation: Hedenäs L. 2003. The European species of the Calliergon-Scorpidium-Drepanocladus complex, including some related or similar species. Meylania. 28:1-116.
citation: Hedenäs L. 2005. Bryophyte flora of Uganda. 4. Rhytidiaceae, Hylocomiaceae and Hypnaceae (Part 1). Journal of Bryology. 27:55-66.
citation: Hedenäs L. 1987. North European mosses with axillary rhizoids, a taxonomic study. Journal of Bryology. 14:429-439.
citation: Hedenäs L. 1995. Higher taxonomic level relationships among diplolepidous pleurocarpous mosses - a cladistic overview. Journal of Bryology. 18:723-781.
citation: Hedenäs L. 2006. Additional insights into the phylogeny of Calliergon, Loeskypnum, Straminergon, and Warnstorfia (Bryophyta: Calliergonaceae). Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 100:125-134.
citation: Hedenäs L. 1992. The genus Pseudocalliergon in northern Europe. Lindbergia. 16:80-99.
citation: Hedenäs L. 2004. Morphological and anatomical evidence suggest that 'Hylocomiaceae' taxa belong to at least two clades. Journal of Bryology. 26:125-135.
citation: Hedenäs L. 1992. Notes on the genus Thamnobryum in Macaronesia (excluding the Cape Verde Islands). Journal of Bryology. 17:119-125.
citation: Hedenäs L, Bisang I. 2015. Are morphology and environment correlated with male dwarfism in pleurocarpous mosses? Arctoa. 24:362-374.
citation: Hedenäs L, Buck WR. 1999. A phylogenetic analysis of the Sematophyllaceae. Lindbergia. 24:103-132.
citation: Hedenäs L, Reisborg C, Hallingbäck T. 2014. Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges flora och fauna. Bladmossor: Skirmossor-baronmossor. Bryophyta: Hookeria-Anomodon. Uppsala: AtrDatabanken, SLU.
citation: Hedenäs L. 1997. A cladistic overview of the "Hookeriales". Lindbergia. 21:107-143.
citation: Hedenäs L. 2003. Amblystegiaceae (Musci). Flora Neotropica Monograph. 89:i-iv, 1-107.
citation: Hedenäs L. 1994. The basal pleurocarpous diplolepidous mosses - a cladistic approach. Bryologist. 97:225-243.
citation: Hedenäs L. 1989. The genus Sanionia (Musci) in Northwestern Europe, a taxonomic revision. Annales Botanici Fennici. 26:399-419.
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creator: Lars Hedenäs
date modified: 2025-06-23
date published: 2025-06-23
funding: Grant
  identifier: B5101-20005007/2000; 621-2003-3338
  funder: Swedish Research Council
funding: Grant
  funder: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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  funder: European Commission
language: English
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