Orthotrichum elegans Schwägr. ex Hook. & Grev.

Species

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Characteristics

Plants 0.5-2.2 cm. Stem leaves stiffly flexuose when dry, lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, 2.3-3 mm; margins strongly revolute nearly to apex, entire; apex broadly acuminate to acute; basal 8-10 µm, 1-stratose, papillae 1 or 2 per cell, conic, small. Specialized asexual reproduction absent. Sexual condition autoicous. Seta 1-2 mm. Capsule emergent to sometimes short-exserted, narrowly to fusiform-cylindric, 1.3-2 mm, smooth; stomata superficial; peristome double; prostome absent; exostome teeth 8, , recurved, , coarsely papillose; endostome segments 8, well developed, , of 2 rows of cells, , coarsely papillose. Calyptra conic-oblong, smooth, sparsely hairy, hairs finely papillose. Spores 13-26 µm.
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Identifiers

LSID 35173369
WFO ID wfo-0001189273
COL ID 6T9ZY
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Synonyms

Orthotrichum elegans