Kiaeria starkei (F.Weber & D.Mohr) I.Hagen

Starke's kiaeria moss (en)

Species

Bryophytes > Dicranales > Rhabdoweisiaceae > Kiaeria

Characteristics

Plants in loose tufts, green to yellow, mostly shiny. Stems 1-2(-4) cm. Leaves mostly falcate-secund, curled at tips when dry, lanceolate, gradually subulate, 2-4.5 mm, margins distally 1-stratose; costa 50-60 µm wide at base; distal laminal cells mostly elongate (2-4:1), occasionally subquadrate, 7-9 µm wide, smooth or weakly mammillose-roughened; basal laminal cells elongate, smooth, sometimes porose, alar cells strongly inflated and differentiated from the bordering small quadrate cells. Perichaetial leaves similar to the cauline. Perigonia sessile, located just below perichaetia. Capsule distinctly ribbed when dry, urn 1.3-2 mm. Spores 13-21 µm.
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Images

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Identifiers

LSID 35138213
WFO ID wfo-0001168199
COL ID 3R73R
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INPN ID 4767
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Synonyms

Dicranella stricta Dicranoweisia subcompacta Kiaeria starkei Arctoa starkei Dicranum curvifolium Dicranum starkei