Metzleria madagascariensis (Thér.) J.-p.Frahm

Species

Bryophytes > Dicranales > Dicranaceae > Metzleria

Characteristics

Auloica. Caespites densissimi, pulchre virides, nitidi. Caulis erectus, 0.5-1 cm. altus, inferne radiculosus, dense foliosus, ramosus, ramis erectis. Folia erecta vel parum patula, plus minus falcatula, oblonga sensim et longe subulala, valde involuta, canaliculate, integra, tantum summo denticulata, 4 min. longa, 0.30-0.35 lata; costa lata, basi diam. 0.15 mm., superne subulam totam occupante, dorso laevi; cellulis basilaribus laxis, subquadratis, tenuibus, haud auriculas efformantibus, suprabasilaribus rectangularibus, marginalibus anguste linearibus (5-6 ser.), cellulis laminae linearibus, parietibus valde incrassatis. Folia perichaetialia similia, sed longiora; pedicellus tenuis, pallido-luteus, flexuosus, summo plus minus arcuatus, 10-12 mm. longus, capsula inclinata vel horizontalis, symmetrica, oblonga, annulata, brevicolla, microstoma, operculum longirostrum, fere capsulam aequante, peristomii dentes aurantiaco-purpurei, usque ad basin fissi, cruribus linearibus, inferne striati, superne papillosi, sporae tenuiter papillosaes, diam. 12-15 µ; calyptra cucullata, basi integra.
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Distribution

Metzleria madagascariensis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID 35206013
WFO ID wfo-0001205653
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Synonyms

Metzleria madagascariensis