Andreaea nivalis Hook.

Snow rock-moss (en)

Species

Bryophytes > Andreaeales > Andreaeaceae > Andreaea

Characteristics

Plants reddish brown to brownish green. Leaves secund to falcate-secund, mostly subulate, widest in proximal half of leaf, apex sym-metric; costa present, percurrent and filling the leaf apices, strong, terete, reaching the leaf insertion; leaf margins crenulate to strongly denticulate; basal and medial laminal cells quadrate to short-rectangular, 1-stratose, walls thin and straight, lumens smoothly rounded, quadrate to short-rectangular on the margins; laminal papillae strong, usually distant. Sexual condition dioicous; perichaetial leaves not differentiated beyond being larger than the cauline. Spores (18-)20-30(-40) µm.
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Identifiers

LSID 35103687
WFO ID wfo-0001148574
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INPN ID 6832
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Synonyms

Andreaea baileyi Andreaea nivalis Andreaea macounii Andreaea nivalis var. baileyi Andreaea nivalis var. fuscescens