Hypnum pallescens (Hedw.) P.Beauv.

Hypnum moss (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Plants small, yellowish, golden green, dark green, or brownish. Stems 2-5 cm, yellowish to golden green, usually creeping, regularly to irregularly pinnate, branches 0.2-0.4(-6) cm; hyalodermis absent, central strand weakly developed; pseudoparaphyllia lanceolate. Stem leaves falcate-secund, rarely straight, ovate-to oblong-lanceolate, narrowed to apex, 0.6-1.1 × 0.4-0.6 mm; base not or weakly decurrent, not auriculate; margins usually broadly or narrowly recurved proximally, sometimes to apex, serrulate to nearly entire proximally, serrate distally; acumen short, slender to relatively wide; costa double, rarely single, faint to distinct; alar cells (subquadrate or transversely rectangular, subopaque), region not well defined, , 8-15(-20) cells in marginal row; basal laminal cells broader than medial cells, often yellowish, walls pitted; medial cells 30-50 × 4-5 µm, . Branch leaves with margins frequently strongly serrate; apex more gradually acuminate. Sexual condition autoicous; . Seta yellowish brown to red, 0.7-1.5 cm. Capsule inclined to horizontal, rarely suberect, yellowish to dark brown, oblong to subcylindric, 1-2.3 mm; annulus 1-or 2-seriate; operculum conic; endostome cilia 2 or 3.
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Identifiers

LSID 35118684
WFO ID wfo-0001157168
COL ID 3NSZZ
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INPN ID 6062
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Synonyms

Hypnum micro-reptile Hypnum pallescens Hypnum protuberans Hypnum reptile Hypnum pelitnochroon Hypnum perichaetiale Hypnum pseudofastigiatum Hypnum siuzewii Hypnum reptile var. subjulaceum Hypnum pallescens var. pallescens Hypnum pallescens var. reptile

Lower taxons

Hypnum pallescens var. protuberans