Hypnum curvifolium Hedw.

Curveleaf hypnum moss (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Plants medium-sized to large, light green to yellow-green, . Stems 4-10 cm, orange-brown to reddish, procumbent to suberect, sparsely branched, regularly pinnate, branches1.5 cm; hyalodermis absent, central strand weakly differentiated; pseudoparaphyllia foliose. Stem leaves falcate-secund, ovate, narrowing to apex, 1.5-2.5 × 0.7-0.8 mm; base slightly decurrent, auriculate, sometimes only on one side; margins plane, sinuate to entire basally, gradually weakly toothed near apex; acumen relatively broad; costa double, short; alar cells , region well defined, , in 1-3 rows across base; basal laminal cells broader than medial cells, pigmented, walls not porose; medial cells 70-80 × 4-5 µm. Sexual condition dioicous; . Seta orange-yellow to brownish when mature, 2-4.5 cm. Capsule inclined to horizontal, reddish, obovoid-cylindric, 2.5-3 mm; annulus broad, 2-seriate; operculum conic; endostome cilia 2 or 3.
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Identifiers

LSID 35104540
WFO ID wfo-0001149019
COL ID 3NSYS
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INPN ID 771055
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Synonyms

Hypnum curvifolium