Pseudoscleropodium purum (Hedw.) M.Fleisch.

Neat feather-moss (en)

Species

Bryophytes > Hookeriales > Brachytheciaceae > Pseudoscleropodium

Characteristics

Plants in soft carpets or turfs. Stems 2-15 cm, regularly pinnate in protected sites, irregularly branched in mowed lawns, branches 1-3 cm; rhizoids absent. Stem leaves incurved, 2-2.5 mm; margins plane; apiculus abruptly reflexed; costa single; laminal cells 50-80 µm, smooth. Branch leaves 1-2 mm. Sporophytes unknown in North America.
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Plants in soft carpets or turfs. Stems 2-15 cm, regularly pinnate in protected sites, irregularly branched in mowed lawns, branches 1-3 cm; rhizoids absent. Stem leaves incurved, 2-2.5 mm; margins plane; apiculus abruptly reflexed; costa single; laminal cells 50-80 µm, smooth. Branch leaves 1-2 mm. Sporophytes unknown in North America.
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Distribution

Pseudoscleropodium purum world distribution map, present in Brazil and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID 35143322
WFO ID wfo-0001171240
COL ID 6WGMR
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INPN ID 5922
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Synonyms

Pseudoscleropodium pseudopurum Pseudoscleropodium purum Scleropodium purum