Homaliadelphus Dixon & P.de La Varde

Homaliadelphus moss (en)

Genus

Bryophytes > Hypnales > Miyabeaceae

Characteristics

Plants small, shelf-forming, pale green to yellowish green, glossy. Stems creeping, sparsely branched to irregularly pinnate; paraphyllia present. Stem and branch leaves wide-spreading, obovate to nearly rounded, slightly asymmetric, flat, small lobe at adaxial base of lateral leaves; margins entire or slightly denticulate, teeth not recurved; apex rounded; ecostate or costa double, short; basal laminal cells short-rhomboidal, walls porose. Sexual condition dioicous (male plants epiphytic on female plants); perichaetial inner leaves oblong. [Seta 0.4-0.6 cm. Capsule oblong-cylindric; exostome teeth lanceolate, smooth to slightly striate basally; endostome basal membrane low, segments weakly papillose. Spores 15-20 µm].
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LSID 35000593
WFO ID wfo-4000018143
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Synonyms

Homaliadelphus Homaliopsis

Lower taxons

Homaliadelphus targionianus Homaliadelphus sharpii Homaliadelphus laevidentatus