Orthothecium intricatum (Hartm.) Schimp.

Intricate orthothecium moss (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Plants small, in mats or tufts, green to yellow-green. Stems 4 cm, 0.2-0.3 mm wide, curved-ascending, sometimes creeping, irregularly branched. Leaves erect to erect-spreading, homomallous, narrowly lanceolate, not or faintly striolate, 1-1.8 mm; margins plane to somewhat revolute, entire or somewhat sinuate; apex gradually subulate; ecostate or costa double, very short; basal laminal cells shorter, broader than medial cells, yellow; medial cells elongate, linear, 45-75 × 4-6µm. Specialized asexual reproduction rare, by propagula in leaf axils, short, filamentous. Seta red-brown. Capsule symmetric, 1.5-2 mm. Spores 10-14 µm.
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Identifiers

LSID 35172933
WFO ID wfo-0001189094
COL ID 6T9YT
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INPN ID 6091
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Synonyms

Orthothecium intricatum Stereodon subrufus Hypnum irroratum Holmgrenia irrorata

Lower taxons

Orthothecium intricatum subsp. binervulum Orthothecium intricatum subsp. strictum Orthothecium intricatum var. alpinum