Takakia lepidozioides

Takakia lepidozioides is a species of moss in the Takakiaceae family, one of two species of Takakia.

Takakia lepidozioides
Takakia lepidoziodes on a damp slope above Takakia Lake, Haida Gwaii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Bryophyta
Subdivision:	Takakiophytina
Class:	Takakiopsida
Order:	Takakiales
Family:	Takakiaceae
Genus:	Takakia
Species:	T. lepidozioides
Binomial name
Takakia lepidozioides S. Hatt. & Inoue[1]

Description

It is characterized by its tiny bifid leaves in which each segment is only a few cells wide, conspicuous rhizomous shoots, and long leafless stolon shoots which facilitate the colonization of bare areas. A very unusual feature is the lack of male plants within the species, which are thought to have become extinct during an ice age. Takakia lepidozioides have been found to be a highly adaptive moss. Over the past 65 million years, there have been extreme changes in the climate, however, several molecular adaptations have been observed in this species.^[2]