Ptychomitrium gardneri Lesq.

Gardner's ptychomitrium moss (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Plants robust, tufted, glossy, green to dark green. Stems erect or repent, to 5 cm. Leaves crispate-contorted when dry, narrowly acuminate, 4-6 mm; margins coarsely serrate distally, recurved on one or both sides proximally; apex plane or with erect margins but not cucullate. Specialized asexual reproduction absent. Seta 1-2(-3) per perichaetium, 4-10 mm. Capsule cylindric, 2.5 mm, smooth to weakly striate-ribbed when dry; peristome teeth divided into filiform segments, densely papillose. Calyptra lobes 1/2 or more length of calyptra.
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Identifiers

LSID 35144114
WFO ID wfo-0001171766
COL ID 6WNC4
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Synonyms

Brachysteleum polyphylloides Ptychomitrium gardneri Ptychomitrium longisetum Ptychomitrium viride Ptychomitrium kiusiuense Ptychomitrium potaninii