Thuidium tamariscinum

Two moss samples (Polytrichum commune, Thuidium tamariscinum), one alga sample (Cladophora fracta), and one microalga sample (Chlorella protothecoides) were subjected to pyrolysis and steam gasification for producing hydrogen-rich gas (Demirbas, unpublished work). 

In most cases branches higher in the modular hierarchy (secondary and above) are very similar to those subtending them, differing primarily in a gradual diminution of size with each successive module, but without differentiation of shape or abrupt discontinuities. It therefore might be more accurate to regard such levels of the hierarchy as further levels of secondary modules, rather than tertiary or quaternary modules. Most taxa develop only one or two levels of additional modules, but some can form three or more levels (Figure 14.4A), e.g., in Thuidium tamariscinum. 

Thuidium delicatidum (Hedw.) Schimp. Thuidium tamariscinum (Hedw.) Schimp. AF143039 DQ463113 N156 Bell 1300 BM... 

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