Endopolyploidy in Bryophytes: Widespread in Mosses and Absent in Liverworts

Table 1

Degree of endopolyploidization of forty moss species and six liverwort species. Mean cycle value and mean 𝐶-level results are based on three replicates except where noted.

Family	Species	Mean Cycle Value ± Standard Error	Mean 𝐶-level ± Standard Error
Mosses
Sphagnaceae	Sphagnum angustifolium	0.00±0.000	1.00±0.000
	Sphagnum recurvum	0.00±0.000	1.00±0.000
Polytrichaceae	Polytrichum commune	0.33±0.055	1.39±0.068
	Polytrichum juniperum	0.60±0.060	1.80±0.090
Fissidentaceae	Fissidens taxifolius	0.40±0.039	1.48±0.056
Dicranaceae	Dicranum condensatum	0.87±0.072	2.17±0.148
	Dicranum flagellare	0.50±0.015	1.62±0.022
	Dicranum fuscescens	0.57±0.087	1.75±0.125
	Dicranum montanum	0.52±0.029	1.63±0.041
	Dicranum polysetum	1.11±0.030	2.34±0.049
	Dicranum scoparium	0.98±0.048	2.17±0.101
	Trematodon ambigus	0.51±0.055	1.62±0.063
Ditrichaceae	Ceratodon purpureus	0.51±0.060	1.73±0.067
Orthotrichaceae	Orthotrichum speciosum	0.29±0.071	1.40±0.114
Hedwigiaceae	Hedwigia ciliata	0.34±0.030	1.51±0.056
Aulacomniaceae	Aulacomnium androgynum	0.64±0.076	1.91±0.092
Mniaceae	Plagiomnium drummondii	1.37±0.054	2.91±0.105
	Plagiomnium medium	1.21±0.152	2.81±0.353
	Pohlia whalenbergia	1.13±0.125	3.33±0.282
Hylocomiaceae	Hylocomnium splendens	0.53±0.165	1.71±0.253
	Pleurozium schreberi	0.35±0.079	1.42±0.098
	Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus	0.52±0.036	1.75±0.069
Leskeaceae	Haplocladium microphyllum	0.41±0.086	1.55±0.117
Thuidiaceae	Thuidium delicatulum	0.91±0.119	2.30±0.184
	Thuidium minulatum	0.41±0.025	1.52±0.032
Campyliaceae	Campylium chrysophyllum	0.64±0.057	1.77±0.077
Brachytheciaceae	Brachythecium acuminatum	0.54±0.045	1.65±0.049
	Brachythecium salebrosum	0.14±0.018	1.16±0.023
	Brachythecium velutinum	0.51±0.071	1.69±0.116
	Eurhynchium pulchellum	0.27±0.044	1.36±0.066
Plagiotheciaceae	Plagiothecium denticulatum	1.05±0.160	2.51±0.282
	Plagiothecium laetum	1.70±0.062	4.01±0.243
Climaciaceae	Climacium dendroides	1.48±0.030	3.40±0.086
Hypnaceae	Callicladium halandianum	0.69±0.187	1.89±0.246
	Hypnum curvifolium	1.29±0.107	3.03±0.226
	Hypnum lindbergii	0.78±0.236	2.11±0.290
	Hypnum pallescens	0.96±0.078	2.77±0.160
	Hypnum recurvatum	0.34±0.104	1.46±0.144
	Ptilium crista-castrensis	0.27±0.016	1.42±0.018
	Pylaisiella polyantha	0.37±0.054	1.43±0.072
	Mean	𝟎.𝟔𝟓±𝟎.𝟎𝟑𝟖	𝟏.𝟗𝟒±𝟎.𝟎𝟔𝟓
Liverworts
Ptilidiaceae	Ptilidium pulcherrimum	0.00±0.000	1.00±0.000
Geocalycaceae	Lophocolea heterophylla	0.09^∗	1.06^∗
Calypogeiaceae	Calypogeia integristipula	0.12±0.016	1.12±0.016
Jungermanniaceae	Barbilophozia barbata	0.01±0.008	1.08±0.008
	Lophozia heterocolpos	0.06^∗	1.06^∗
Radulaceae	Radula complanata	0.02^∗∗±0.008	1.02^∗∗±0.008
	Mean	𝟎.𝟎𝟒𝟑±𝟎.𝟎𝟏𝟒	𝟏.𝟎𝟒±𝟎.𝟎𝟏𝟒

*Value based on one replicate.
**Mean based on two replicates.