Chenia leptophylla (Müll.Hal.) R.H.Zander

Tortula moss (en)

Species

Bryophytes > Pottiales > Pottiaceae > Chenia

Characteristics

Stems seldom branching; rounded in transverse section; rhizoids usually few. Leaves ligulate to elliptic, apex acute or rounded acute and apiculate with an elongate, brownish, thick-walled cell, costa percurrent or subpercurrent; proximal laminal cells ca. 20-25 µm wide, 2-4:1. Brood bodies sometimes present, borne on rhizoids in soil, clavate, ca. 100-130 µm. Sporophytes not known from North America.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Chenia leptophylla world distribution map, present in Brazil

Identifiers

LSID 35188720
WFO ID wfo-0001198733
COL ID TX3L
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INPN ID 435838
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Synonyms

Tortula evanescens Physcomitrium rhizophyllum Tortula vectensis Chenia rhizophylla Chenia leptophylla Tortula rhizophylla Phascum leptophyllum