Orthothecium strictum Lorentz

Orthothecium moss (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Plants small, in tufts, orange. Stems 1-6 cm, 0.5 mm wide, erect to ascending, sparingly branched. Leaves erect-imbricate, straight, ovate-lanceolate, not to slightly plicate, 1 mm; margins partially recurved, serrulate distally; apex short, flexuose, subhyaline; costa double, short; basal laminal cells shorter than medial cells, brownish yellow; medial cells oblong-linear, 48-64 × 8 µm. Specialized asexual reproduction rare, by clusters of propagula in leaf axils, claviform, multicellular. Sporophytes unknown.
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Identifiers

LSID 35172966
WFO ID wfo-0001189108
COL ID 6SXZ6
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INPN ID 6094
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Synonyms

Hypnum chryseum Hypnum rufescens Orthothecium strictum Orthothecium binervulum