Peristome (from the Greek peri, meaning 'around' or 'about', and stoma, 'mouth') is an anatomical feature that surrounds an opening to an organ or structure. Some plants, fungi, and shelled gastropods have peristomes.
Peristome (from the Greek peri, meaning 'around' or 'about', and stoma, 'mouth') is an anatomical feature that surrounds an opening to an organ or structure...
arthrodontous peristome types. The first type is termed haplolepidous and consists of a single circle of 16 peristome teeth. This type of peristome is characteristic...
with two species. The defining feature of the family is the 4-toothed peristome. This family of mosses is most commonly found in northern latitudes. Tetraphis...
aid in spore dispersal Endostome – The inner ring of peristome teeth in diplolepidous peristomes. Endothecium – the internal cell layers of the developing...
flower-scent mimicry to attract insects to its pitchers. The rim of the pitcher (peristome) is slippery when moistened by condensation or nectar, causing insects...
Fissidens limbatus commonly known as Herzog's pocket-moss, is a moss in the family Fissidentaceae. This species is found growing in high elevations in...
or feathery in pattern. The mouth may be level with the surface of the peristome, or may be projecting and trumpet-shaped. Soft corals have no solid exoskeleton...
passive trap, pitfall traps attract prey with nectar bribes secreted by the peristome and bright flower-like anthocyanin patterning within the pitcher. The...
the peristome is further enhanced in moist environments, where condensation may cause a thin water film to form on the surface of the peristome. When...
2 pitcher spur that occasionally arise in the posterior midsection of peristome neck, whereas in N. peltata the tendril-leaf attachment is peltate, the...
faint hip and then turning cylindrical above the hip). Furthermore, the peristome of N. ulukaliana is planar at the front, with a well-defined column that...
resumption of growth from the base of the expansion. The aperture or peristome of the shell may be simple or variously modified. An outer and an inner...
Another characteristic that identifies them is that they have from 32 to 64 peristome teeth in their sporangium. Alophosia Atrichopsis Atrichum Bartramiopsis...
related Darlingtonia californica). Zone 2: Peristome and trap entrance. This zone is composed mainly of the peristome, which produces copious amounts of nectar...
tissue, with numerous small, embedded bony pieces. This area, called the peristome, also includes five pairs of modified tube feet and, in many species,...
next to it, often hidden by the macronucleus. The opening, known as the peristome, at the pointed anterior end leads to the cytostome, or the mouth. Cysts...
that are slightly decurrent and the proportionally wider and bulbous peristome of the lower pitchers which are often flared and crenellated characterize...
infundibular or funnel-shaped with a slight narrowing just below the peristome, or some plants may have a mid-point hip in their upper pitcher with the...
was separated from Polytrichum in 1971 based on the structure of the peristome (which controls spore release). However, molecular and morphological data...
colonies, typically with reddish to blackish shoots. The capsules lack the peristome mechanism and dehisce longitudinally to release the spores, resulting...
mature capsules are small and dark, sometimes with the white hairs of the peristome visible. D. longiseta can be found in south-eastern South Australia, eastern...
is derived from its symmetrical, erect and urn-like capsules that lack peristomes, these features characterising the genus. They are commonly found on exposed...
plant, and its genus name came from the structure of the perforations of peristome teeth. This plant was identified by Weber and Mohr in 1804. They often...
the peristome teeth. As in all members of the class Polytrichopsida, D. superba has nematodontous peristome teeth. This means that the peristome teeth...
long cilia fused together as a single sheet) on the right side of the peristome, toward the posterior. Certain species of Blepharisma have served as model...
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