Leptodontium flexifolium (Dicks.) Hampe

Leptodontium moss (en)

Species

Bryophytes > Pottiales > Pottiaceae > Leptodontium

Characteristics

Stems to 1 cm. Leaves 0.7-0.9 mm, ligulate to short-lanceolate, bordered distally by 1-5 rows of less papillose, thick-walled cells; apex broadly acute; costa ending 2-4 cells before the apex, abaxially papillose; distal laminal cells 10-12 µm wide, 1:1, walls thin in medial portion of leaf, lumens quadrate, proximal cells thin-walled throughout.
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Distribution

Leptodontium flexifolium world distribution map, present in Brazil

Identifiers

LSID 35138919
WFO ID wfo-0001168676
COL ID 3TNVR
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INPN ID 5310
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Synonyms

Bryoerythrophyllum pergemmascens Didymodon dentatus Bryum flexifolium Leptodontium brevicaule Leptodontium flexifolium Leptodontium gracillimum Leptodontium nakaii Leptodontium orcuttii Leptodontium pergemmascens Leptodontium warnstorfii Bryoerythrophyllum yichunense Desmatodon flexifolius Dicranum flexifolium Trichostomum filescens Didymodon styriacus Zygodon gracilis var. americanus Leptodontium flexifolium var. americanum