Andreaea Hedw.

Andreaea moss (en)

Genus

Bryophytes > Andreaeales > Andreaeaceae

Characteristics

Plants commonly cemented to substrate. Stems with stalked mucilage hairs in leaf axils, stalks usually brown. Leaves spiraling around stem in several rows, usually brittle, commonly ending in a distinct apiculus of a single cell; costa sometimes poorly differentiated, sometimes not reaching the leaf insertion; laminal cells with thick longitudinal walls and often pitted or sinuose, transverse walls thin. Capsule 0.5-2 mm.
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Distribution

Andreaea world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID 35000050
WFO ID wfo-4000001968
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INPN ID 189149
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Synonyms

Acroschisma Andreaea

Lower taxons

Andreaea urophylla Andreaea bistratosa Andreaea acutifolia Andreaea apiculata Andreaea appendiculata Andreaea arachnoidea Andreaea aterrima Andreaea australis Andreaea barbuloides Andreaea blyttii Andreaea brevifolia Andreaea brevipes Andreaea camerunensis Andreaea clavata Andreaea cockaynei Andreaea firma Andreaea flabellata Andreaea flexuosa Andreaea fragilis Andreaea heinemannii Andreaea huttonii Andreaea indica Andreaea javanica Andreaea karsteniana Andreaea kilimandscharica Andreaea kinabaluensis Andreaea laticuspis Andreaea laxifolia Andreaea leiophylla Andreaea lorentziana Andreaea marginata Andreaea mildbraedii Andreaea mitchellii Andreaea morrisonensis Andreaea mutabilis Andreaea nana Andreaea naumannii Andreaea nitida Andreaea nivalis Andreaea novae-zealandiae Andreaea obovata Andreaea obtusissima Andreaea opaca Andreaea pachyphylla Andreaea parallela Andreaea patagonica Andreaea peruviana Andreaea pilifera Andreaea purpurascens Andreaea rothii Andreaea rupestris Andreaea semisquarrosa Andreaea seriata Andreaea sparsifolia Andreaea spurioalpina Andreaea squamata Andreaea squarrosa Andreaea squarrosofiliformis Andreaea striata Andreaea subappendiculata Andreaea subulata Andreaea turgescens Andreaea vaginalis Andreaea vilocensis Andreaea viridis Andreaea vulcanica Andreaea willii Andreaea wilsonii Andreaea atlantica Andreaea latinervis Andreaea squarrifolia Andreaea subremotifolia Andreaea wangiana Andreaea pseudomutabilis Andreaea sinuosa Andreaea novoguinensis Andreaea taiwanensis Andreaea acuminata Andreaea alpina Andreaea amblyophylla Andreaea angustata Andreaea angustifolia Andreaea cucullata Andreaea densifolia Andreaea depressinervis Andreaea dissitifolia Andreaea erythrodictyon Andreaea eximia Andreaea filiformis Andreaea frigida Andreaea gainii Andreaea gibbosa Andreaea grimmioides Andreaea grimsulana Andreaea hamulata Andreaea microphylla Andreaea microvaginata Andreaea regularis Andreaea remotifolia Andreaea rigida Andreaea robusta Andreaea tunariensis Andreaea fuegiana Andreaea schofieldiana Andreaea megistospora Andreaea borbonica Andreaea hartmanii Andreaea planinervia Andreaea tsaratananae