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Entodontopsis leucostega (Brid.) W.R.Buck & R.R.Ireland

Entodontopsis moss (en)

Species

Bryophytes > Hypnales > Stereophyllaceae > Entodontopsis

Characteristics

Plants pale to yellow-green, brownish with age. Stems 3 cm, 1-3 mm wide across leafy stem; axillary hair basal cell short, apical cells elongate. Stem and branch leaves 1-2 × 0.4-0.8 mm; alar cells quadrate to short-rectangular, sometimes oblate, 14-33 × 11-24 µm; medial cells 47-165 × 7-9µm. Perichaetial leaves with margins entire to serrate, apex acuminate. Seta 0.5-0.8 cm. Capsule 0.8-1.5 mm; operculum 0.2-0.5 mm.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Entodontopsis leucostega world distribution map, present in Brazil

Identifiers

LSID 35182628
WFO ID wfo-0001194645
COL ID 39YV7
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Synonyms

Hypnum peruvianum Complanato-hypnum leptostegium Stereophyllum acuminatum Stereophyllum auriculatum Hypnum decorum Hypnum subflavum Stereophyllum orcuttii Stereophyllum papilliferum Stereophyllum perpusillum Stereophyllum pycnoblastum Entodontopsis leucostega Stereophyllum leucostegum var. subflavescens
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