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. 2020 May 28;11:567. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00567

TABLE 1.

Counts per capsule and 40 losses (counts of 0) of stomata in 69 families of mosses.

Family Stomata per capsule References (in Supplementary Material)
Oedipodiaceae 60 Paton and Pearce, 1957
Polytichaceae 0, 20, 40, 50–78, 80–120, 200, 250 Paton and Pearce, 1957; Duckett and Pressel, 2018
Tetraphidaceae 0, 5 Paton and Pearce, 1957
Buxbaumiaceae 20–30 Paton and Pearce, 1957, present study
Diphysciaceae 0, 10 Paton and Pearce, 1957; Schofield, 2007
Timmiaceae 30 Paton and Pearce, 1957
Disceliaceae 0, ? Paton and Pearce, 1957
Encalyptaceae 15, 30, 50 Paton and Pearce, 1957
Funariaceae 10, 14, 60, 160, 180, 200 Paton and Pearce, 1957; Duckett and Pressel, 2018
Catoscopiaceae 0, ? Paton and Pearce, 1957
Distichiaceae 8–12 Paton and Pearce, 1957
Scouleriaceae 0* Duckett and Pressel, 2018
Drummundiaceae 0, ? Vitt, 2007
Saelaniaceae 6 Paton and Pearce, 1957
Grimmiacea 0, 6–18, 30 Paton and Pearce, 1957; Hastings and Grevens, 2007; McIntosh, 2007
Seligeriaceae 0, 4, 8 Paton and Pearce, 1957; Bartlett and Vitt, 1986; Andreas, 2013; Duckett and Pressel, 2018
Archidiaceae 0* Paton and Pearce, 1957
Fissidentaceae 0, 12 Paton and Pearce, 1957; Egunyomi, 1982; Pursell, 1987, 2007; Pursell et al., 1988
Ditrichaceae 0, 4, 6, 8–12 Paton and Pearce, 1957; Gradstein et al., 2001
Bruchiaceae 0, 70 Tong and He, 2002
Erpodiaceae 0, ? Gradstein et al., 2001; Milne and Klazenga, 2012
Schistostegaceae 0, 4, 5 Jennings, 1913; Paton and Pearce, 1957
Rhabdoweisiaceae 5–12 Paton and Pearce, 1957
Dicranaceae 0, 4, 6–20 Paton and Pearce, 1957; Gradstein et al., 2001; Duckett and Pressel, 2018
Micromitriaceae 0, ? Crum and Anderson, 1981; Smith, 2004; Bryan, 2007
Leucobryaceae 0, ? Paton and Pearce, 1957; Gradstein et al., 2001
Calymperaceae 0, 2, 15 Egunyomi, 1982
Pottiaceae 0, 3–16 Paton and Pearce, 1957; Egunyomi, 1982; Zander and Eckel, 1993; Abella et al., 1999; Gradstein et al., 2001
Pleurophascaceae 0, ? Fife and Dalton, 2005
Splachnaceae 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 90 Paton and Pearce, 1957; Goffinet, 2012
Meesiaceae 30, 50, 70 Paton and Pearce, 1957
Bryaceae 15, 50–70, 90, 100, 120, 185 Paton and Pearce, 1957; Egunyomi, 1982; Duckett and Pressel, 2018, present study
Mniaceae 8–20, 40, 45, 60, 180 Paton and Pearce, 1957, present study
Bartramiaceae 16, 28, 40, 45, 60, 70, 100, 220–240 Paton and Pearce, 1957
Orthotrichaceae 3–8, 12, 20, 40 Paton and Pearce, 1957, present study
Hedwigiaceae 0, 12, 24 Paton and Pearce, 1957; Vitt and Buck, 1984
Aulacomniaceae 6–12, 30 Paton and Pearce, 1957
Orthodontiaceae 14, 18 Paton and Pearce, 1957
Pterobryellaceae 0, ? Arzeni, 1954
Orthorrhynchiaceae 0, ? Klazenga, 2012a
Rhabdodontiaceae 0, ? Paton and Pearce, 1957; Hattaway, 1984
Ptychomniceae 0, 5, 10 Paton and Pearce, 1957; During, 1977; Hattaway, 1984
Daltoniaceae 10 Paton and Pearce, 1957; Gradstein et al., 2001
Hookeriaceae 18 Paton and Pearce, 1957
Pilotrichaceae 0, ? Paton and Pearce, 1957
Fontinalaceae 0* Paton and Pearce, 1957; Allen, 2015
Climaciaceae 12 Paton and Pearce, 1957
Amblystegiaceae 6–50, 54, 80, 130, 200 Paton and Pearce, 1957; Cheney, 1897
Helodiaceae 20 Paton and Pearce, 1957
Leskeaceae 0, 4–6, 8, 20 Buck, 1981; Spence, 2015
Thuidiaceae 5, 24 Paton and Pearce, 1957; Egunyomi, 1982
Stereophyllaceae 0, 6, 23 Egunyomi, 1982
Brachytheciaceae 5–28, 30 Paton and Pearce, 1957
Myriniaceae 14 Paton and Pearce, 1957; Gradstein et al., 2001
Fabroniaceae 4 Egunyomi, 1982
Hypnaceae 3, 4, 5–10, 11, 16, 19–44 Paton and Pearce, 1957; Egunyomi, 1982, present study
Pterigynandraceae 8, 10 Klazenga, 2012b
Hylocomiaceae 6–15, 22 Paton and Pearce, 1957; Hedenäs, 2005
Plagiotheciaceae 0, 5–10, 14, 20 Paton and Pearce, 1957; Ireland, 2015
Entodontaceae 0, 8 Paton and Pearce, 1957; Gradstein et al., 2001
Pylaisiadelphaceae 4, 6, 8 Paton and Pearce, 1957; Gradstein et al., 2001
Sematophyllaceae 0, 4 Paton and Pearce, 1957; Fife, 2012
Cryphaeaceae 0, 12 Paton and Pearce, 1957; Gradstein et al., 2001
Leucodontaceae 0, 12 Paton and Pearce, 1957
Pterobryaceae 0* Yu and Jia, 2012
Neckeraceae 0, 4, 12, 14 Paton and Pearce, 1957; Gradstein et al., 2001
Leptodontaceae 0, 6 Paton and Pearce, 1957; Stark, 2015
Lembophyllaceae 0, 10–20, 90 Paton and Pearce, 1957; Tangney, 1997; Gradstein et al., 2001
Anomodontaceae 0, 12 Gradstein et al., 2001

For families with losses (counts of 0), “?” denotes no reports of counts in stomata-containing members and * denotes no stomata-containing members. Counts greater than 100 in six families are in bold and italicized.