Groutiella tomentosa (Hornsch.) Wijk & Margad.

Tomentose groutiella moss (en)

Species

Bryophytes > Orthotrichales > Orthotrichaceae > Groutiella

Characteristics

Plants green. Branch leaves with distal leaves erect-spreading to spreading and widest distally, lanceolate-oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 1.5-3 mm; margins denticulate proximally as projecting cell ends, entire distally; apex acute, ending in long, linear, fragile subula; costa prominent, vanishing in subula, or often ending near apex in proximal leaves; distal laminal cells irregularly rounded to elliptic-hexagonal, 3-6 µm. Sexual condition dioicous, male plants similar to female; perigonia terminal. Seta 5-11 mm. Capsule oblong-to short-cylindric, 2.2-3.5 mm. Spores isosporous, 22-32 µm.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Groutiella tomentosa world distribution map, present in Brazil

Identifiers

LSID 35147563
WFO ID wfo-0001173974
COL ID 6KTVW
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INPN ID 726727
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Synonyms

Groutiella tomentosa Schlotheimia goniorrhyncha Macromitrium diffractum Micromitrium fragile Macromitrium tomentosum Micromitrium schlumbergeri