Leptobryum pyriforme (Hedw.) Wilson

Leptobryum moss (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Plants 0.5-1.5(-6) cm. Stem leaves flexuose when dry, erect to wide-spreading when moist, lanceolate proximally, abruptly long-linear distally, to 4-5 mm; base elliptic, not decurrent; margins entire or sometimes denticulate near apex; apex narrowly acuminate; costa wide, ending in apex; laminal cells clear. Specialized asexual reproduction by red, rounded brood bodies in leaf axils or on rhizoids. Sexual condition synoicous, occasionally apparently dioicous. Seta 1-4.5 cm. Capsule 1.5-2.5 mm. Spores 9-13 µm.
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Identifiers

LSID 35138727
WFO ID wfo-0001168563
COL ID 3TKDG
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INPN ID 5782
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Synonyms

Bryum cockaynei Webera pyriformis Leptobryum dioicum Leptobryum harriottii Leptobryum minus Leptobryum pyriforme Leptobryum sericeum