Orthotrichum laevigatum J.E.Zetterst.

Orthotrichum moss (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Plants (0.5-)2(-4.3) cm, . Stem leaves stiff, erect-appressed, slightly secund when dry, oblong-lanceolate, lanceolate, or ovate-lanceolate, 2-4.3 mm; margins revolute from base to near apex, entire; apex obtuse, bluntly or narrowly acute, or gradually acuminate; basal laminal cells rectangular to elongate, grading to elliptic-quadrate, walls thick, nodose; distal cells 8-12 µm, 1-stratose, papillae 1-3 per cell, conic or 2-fid, lo w. Specialized asexual reproduction absent. Sexual condition gonioautoicous. Seta 1.5-4 mm. Capsule fully exserted, cylindric, 1.4-2.6 mm, smooth or sometimes slightly plicate distally; ; stomata superficial; peristome double; prostome absent or rudimentary; exostome teeth 16, erect, papillose; endostome segments 8, occasionally rudimentary, , of 1 row of cells, smooth. Calyptra conic-oblong, smooth, sparsely hairy, hairs finely papillose. Spores 10-15 µm.
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Identifiers

LSID 35173492
WFO ID wfo-0001189359
COL ID 6SXP2
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INPN ID 434290
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Synonyms

Orthotrichum laevigatum f. laevigatum Orthotrichum laevigatum Orthotrichum rhabdophorum Orthotrichum arcangelianum Orthotrichum brigantiacum Orthotrichum laevigatum var. laevigatum

Lower taxons

Orthotrichum laevigatum var. kingianum