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Mosses are examples of non-vascular plants.. Non-vascular plants are plants without a vascular system consisting of xylem and phloem.Instead, they may possess simpler tissues that have specialized functions for the internal transport of water.
Vascular plants (from Latin vasculum 'duct'), also called tracheophytes (UK: / ˈ t r æ k iː ə ˌ f aɪ t s /, [5] US: / ˈ t r eɪ k iː ə ˌ f aɪ t s /) [6] or collectively tracheophyta (/ ˌ t r eɪ k iː ˈ ɒ f ɪ t ə /; [7] [8] [9] from Ancient Greek τραχεῖα ἀρτηρία (trakheîa artēría) 'windpipe' and φυτά (phutá) 'plants'), [9] are plants that have lignified ...
The species was first described in the scientific literature in 1796 by mycologist Christiaan Hendrik Persoon. [4] Synonyms include Lycoperdon gemmatum (as described by August Batsch in 1783); [5] the variety Lycoperdon gemmatum var. perlatum (published by Elias Magnus Fries in 1829); [6] Lycoperdon bonordenii (George Edward Massee, 1887); [7] and Lycoperdon perlatum var. bonordenii (A.C ...