Gymnostomum lingulatum Rehmann ex Sim

Species

Bryophytes > Pottiales > Pottiaceae > Gymnostomum

Characteristics

Plants medium-sized, loosely caespitose, dark green above, reddish brown below; ?saxicolous. Stems 20-30 mm tall, branching, mainly above, sparsely red-tomentose below; in section subquadrate, central strand absent, inner cortical cells lax, outer cortical cells in 1-2 rows, incrassate, reddish; axillary hairs of 6 cylindrical cells, hyaline throughout or basal cell shorter, brownish. Leaves somewhat crowded, incurved, weakly twisted dry, patent wet; lanceolate to triangular, 1.0-1.5 mm long; concave ventrally; apex obtuse to acute; base scarcely differentiated; margins plane, entire. Costa subpercurrent to ending 4-5 cells below apex; ventral superficial cells rectangular, smooth, dorsal superficial cells rectangular, papillose; in section semicircular, guide cells 4-6, ventral substereid band weak, of 1-2 cells, ventral surface cells incrassate or substereids, dorsal stereid band 1-2 rows thick, dorsal surface cells substereids. Upper laminal cells rounded, quadrate or occasionally a few cells short-rectangular or triangular, incrassate, papillae low, simple, 2-4 scattered over cell; basal cells weakly differentiated, rectangular to short-rectangular, hyaline, smooth, thin-walled. Sporophyte unknown.
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Distribution

Gymnostomum lingulatum world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID 35147833
WFO ID wfo-0001174143
COL ID 3HV68
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Synonyms

Gymnostomum lingulatum