Grimmia muehlenbeckii Schimp.

Species

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Characteristics

Plants in blackish green tufts. Stems 1-2.5 cm, central strand present. Leaves loosely appressed, twisted when dry, erectopatent when moist, ovate-lanceolate, tapering to acute apex, 2-3 × 0.6-0.8 mm, keeled, margins recurved in mid leaf on both sides, awns short, denticulate, in perichaetial leaves stout and often decurrent, costa channeled distally, projecting at abaxial side, angled to bluntly winged; basal juxtacostal laminal cells short-to long-rectangular, yellowish, nodulose, thick-walled; basal marginal laminal cells short-rectangular with thickened transverse walls; medial laminal cells quadrate to short-rectangular, sinuose, thick-walled; distal laminal cells 1-stratose with 2-stratose ridges, margins 2-stratose. Gemmae rare, in clusters, short-stalked, in distal leaf axils. Sexual condition dioicous. Seta arcuate, 2-3 mm. Capsule occasionally present, exserted, globose, shiny, brown, smooth to slightly striate, exothecial cells thin-walled, annulus present, operculum rostrate, peristome teeth purple, fully-developed or slightly split distally, papillose. Calyptra mitrate.
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Images

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Identifiers

LSID 35147064
WFO ID wfo-0001173677
COL ID 6L52L
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INPN ID 5546
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Synonyms

Grimmia hermannii Grimmia muehlenbeckii Grimmia trichophylla var. muehlenbeckii Grimmia trichophylla var. tenuis Campylopus pulvinatus var. tenuis