Gemmabryum gemmiferum (R.Wilczek & Demaret) J.R.Spence

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Bryophytes > Bryales > Bryaceae > Gemmabryum

Characteristics

Plants green or yellow-green. Stems 0.5-1(-2) cm, gemmiform to evenly foliate. Leaves ovate, strongly concave, 0.5-1.5(-2) mm; margins plane to revolute proximally; apex acute to acuminate; costa percurrent to rarely short-excurrent; proximal laminal cells abruptly quadrate to short-rectangular, 1-2:1; medial and distal cells 8-16(-20)µm wide, 3-4:1. Specialized asexual reproduction by leaf axil bulbils, bulbils (2-)5-25 per axil, cylindric to pyriform, 150-250 µm, primordia distinct, narrow, acute to peglike, arising from distal 1/4-1/3 of bulbil. Capsule nutant, purple-red at maturity, 1-2(-3) mm; hypophysis somewhat thickened, not distinctly inflated, not or weakly rugose; peristome well developed; endostome not adherent to exostome, basal membrane high, segments well developed, perforations ovate, cilia long, appendiculate.
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LSID 35217532
WFO ID wfo-0001214220
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Synonyms

Gemmabryum gemmiferum