Biology:Blasia
Blasia pusilla is the only species in the liverwort genus Blasia. This species establishes a symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria of the genus Nostoc, which are housed in special cavities, called auricles, occurring on the ventral (underside) surface of the thallus.[1][2][3]
Blasia is distinguished from Cavicularia by the presence of a collar around the base of the sporophyte capsule, and a scattered arrangement of sperm-producing antheridia. Rhizoids and gemmae of Blasia may be parasitized by the mushroom Blasiphalia.
The genus name of Blasia is in honour of Blasius Biagi (ca. 1670 - 1735), an Italian clergyman from village of Vallombrosa.[4]
References
- ↑ Adams, David G.; Duggan, Paula S. (2008-03-01). "Cyanobacteria–bryophyte symbioses". Journal of Experimental Botany 59 (5): 1047–1058. doi:10.1093/jxb/ern005. ISSN 0022-0957. PMID 18267939. https://academic.oup.com/jxb/article/59/5/1047/540713.
- ↑ Vries, Sophie de; Vries, Jan de (2022). "Evolutionary genomic insights into cyanobacterial symbioses in plants" (in en). Quantitative Plant Biology 3: e16. doi:10.1017/qpb.2022.3. ISSN 2632-8828. PMID 37077989.
- ↑ Liaimer, Anton; Jensen, John B.; Dittmann, Elke (2016-11-01). "A Genetic and Chemical Perspective on Symbiotic Recruitment of Cyanobacteria of the Genus Nostoc into the Host Plant Blasia pusilla L." (in English). Frontiers in Microbiology 7: 1693. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.01693. ISSN 1664-302X. PMID 27847500.
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022) (in German) (pdf). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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