Brachymenium mexicanum Mont.

Species

Bryophytes > Bryales > Bryaceae > Brachymenium

Characteristics

Plants in open to dense turfs, green, yellow-green, or golden, often lustrous. Stems 0.5-1(-2) cm, gemmiform to somewhat rosulate. Leaves strongly imbricate, slightly twisted when dry, concave, 1-2(-3) mm; margins plane to weakly recurved proximally, entire to serrulate distally, limbidium absent; apex acute; costa short-to long-excurrent, awn present; proximal laminal cells abruptly quadrate to short-rectangular; medial and distal cells rhomboidal to elongate-hexagonal, 40-60 × 10-16µm, 3-4:1. Specialized asexual reproduction absent. Sporophytes unknown .
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Identifiers

LSID 35114047
WFO ID wfo-0001154815
COL ID MX7X
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Synonyms

Brachymenium mexicanum