Physcomitrella patens is a synonym of Physcomitrium patens, the spreading earthmoss. It is a moss, a bryophyte used as a model organism for studies on plant evolution, development, and physiology.
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Cleistocarpous sporophyte of the moss P. patens
P. patens plants growing axenically in vitro on agar plates (Petri dish, 9 cm diameter)
Moss bioreactor with P. patens
Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta sensu stricto. Bryophyta sensu lato may also refer to the parent group, bryophytes, which comprises liverworts, mos
Physcomitrella patens
…Physcomitrella patens is a synonym of Physcomitrium patens, the spreading earthmoss. It is a moss, a bryophyte used as a model organism for studies on plant evolution, development, and physiology. Physcomitrella patens is an early colonist of exposed…
Chloroplasts (green discs) and accumulated starch granules in cells of Rosulabryum capillare
Moss leaf under microscope, showing gemmae and a hair point (40×)
A patch of moss showing both gametophytes (the low, leaf-like forms) and sporophytes (the tall, stalk-like forms)