Philonotis uncinata (Schwägr.) Brid.

Philonotis moss (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Plants small, in lax to dense tufts, yellowish. Stems 0.5-1.5(-3) cm, erect to inclined, simple, tomentose proximally. Leaves erect and straight or curved and homomallous when dry, erect-spreading when moist, triangular-lanceolate, 0.7-1.3 mm; margins plane proximally, narrowly revolute distally, bluntly serrulate nearly to base, teeth usually single proximally, paired distally; apex acuminate; costa percurrent to short-excurrent, distal abaxial surface rough; laminal cells , prorulose at distal ends, ; basal cells quadrate to rectangular, wider than distal, 10-65 × 8-12 µm; distal cells narrowly oblong, 20-50 × 5-8 µm. Specialized asexual reproduction by brood branches in distal leaf axils. Sexual condition dioicous; perigonia gemmiform. Seta 1.3-3 cm, straight. Capsule 1.5-2 mm. Spores subspheric to reniform, 23-26 µm.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Philonotis uncinata world distribution map, present in Brazil and United States of America

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LSID 35108108
WFO ID wfo-0001151102
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INPN ID 434312
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Synonyms

Philonotis brachyclada Philonotis caespitulosa Philonotis crassinervia Philonotis nanodendra Philonotis oreadea Philonotis rio-grandensis Philonotis scobinifolia Philonotis uncinata Bartramia glaucescens Bartramia minuta Bartramia oreades Bartramia pabstiana Bartramia scobinifolia Philonotis gracillima Philonotula oreadea Bartramia berteroana Bartramia defecta Bartramia minutissima Bartramia versifolia Philonotis muhlenbergii var. tenella Bartramia berteroana var. flaccida Philonotis uncinata var. uncinata

Lower taxons

Philonotis uncinata var. gracilenta