Drummondia Hook.

Drummond moss (en)

Genus

Bryophytes > Orthotrichales > Orthotrichaceae

Characteristics

Plants medium-sized, in loose mats. Stems creeping, branches erect. Leaves erect-appressed and stiff when dry, spreading to wide-spreading when moist, broadly lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, not rugose; margins entire; apex obtuse, acute, or cuspidate; costa ending just below apex; basal laminal cells rectangular to quadrate; distal cells ± rounded-quadrate, 6-10 µm, smooth; marginal cells not distinct from basal. Sexual condition autoicous; perichaetial leaves longer than stem leaves. Seta 2-3.5 mm. Capsule long-exserted, ovate to ovate-oblong, wrinkled when old and dry, not constricted below mouth; stomata absent; peristome single; exostome teeth 16, smooth. Calyptra cucullate, long-conic, smooth, naked, not plicate, covering distal 1/3 of capsule. Spores isosporous, .
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Distribution

Drummondia world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID 35000418
WFO ID wfo-4000012606
COL ID 927HH
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Synonyms

Drummondia Anodontium Leiotheca

Lower taxons

Drummondia canadensis Drummondia obtusifolia Drummondia prorepens Drummondia rubiginosa Drummondia mitelloides Drummondia pursellii Drummondia sinensis Drummondia stricta Drummondia thomsonii Drummondia turkestanica