Palamocladium leskeoides (Hook.) E.Britton

Palamocladium moss (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Plants rigid, somewhat glossy. Stems 3-7 cm, branches to 10 mm, spreading. Stem leaves 2.3-3 × 0.8-1 mm; base abruptly rounded to insertion; marginal teeth partly recurved; costa 90-100% leaf length; alar cells 6-10 × 7-11 µm, region opaque, ± clearly delimited, extending almost to margins; laminal cells 35-65 × 5 µm, walls moderately porose; basal juxtacostal cells 9-11 µm wide, more distal juxtacostal cells elongate, in 2-4 rows, walls strongly pitted; cells in acumen rhombic. Sporophytes unknown in North America.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Palamocladium leskeoides world distribution map, present in Brazil

Identifiers

LSID 35101106
WFO ID wfo-0001147287
COL ID 4C3MM
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INPN ID 826017
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Synonyms

Palamocladium involvens Palamocladium leskeoides Palamocladium nilgheriense Palamocladium subsericeum Pleuropus brevisetus Isothecium nilgheriense Ptychodium plicatulum Homalothecium excavatum Homalothecium mexicanum Astrodontium sericeum Homalothecium boivinianum Hypnum macrostegium Pleuropus fenestratus Pleuropus luzonensis Hypnum sciureum Palamocladium sericeum var. afrostriatum Hypnum nilgheriense var. ceylonicum