Lindbergia mexicana (Besch.) Cardot

Mexican lindbergia moss (en)

Species

Bryophytes > Hypnales > Leskeaceae > Lindbergia

Characteristics

Plants dark green, dull. Stems often curved, subjulaceous when dry. Leaves appressed when dry, wide-spreading when moist, broadly ovate-lanceolate, gradually narrowed to apex, 1 mm; margins entire; apex concolorous; costa ending just below apex, broad; basal laminal cells subquadrate; medial cells oval, 3-7 µm, indistinctly 1-papillose; apical cells elongate, smooth. Specialized asexual reproduction with brood branches absent. Seta 0.8 cm. Capsule 1.5-mm. Spores 20-24 µm, smooth.
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LSID 35160520
WFO ID wfo-0001182440
COL ID 72GGL
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Synonyms

Haplohymenium densum Lindbergia mexicana Lindbergia mexicana var. acuminata