Ptychomitrium incurvum (Schwägr.) Spruce

Ptychomitrium moss (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Plants small, cespitose, glossy, dark green. Stems erect, to 0.5 cm. Leaves crispate when dry, oblong-lanceolate, 2 mm; margins entire distally, erect proximally; apex cucullate to subcucullate. Specialized asexual reproduction rare, short-uniseriate or branched gemmae, several cells long, on branched axillary filaments. Seta 1 per perichaetium, 2-3 mm. Capsule ovoid, 0.75-1 mm, smooth or wrinkled when dry; peristome teeth perforate but mostly not divided, densely papillose. Calyptra lobes about one third length of calyptra.
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Identifiers

LSID 35144121
WFO ID wfo-0001171772
COL ID 6WNDX
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INPN ID 5593
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Synonyms

Weissia incurva Ptychomitrium glyphomitrioides Ptychomitrium incurvum Grimmia hookeri Grimmia muehlenbergii Brachysteleum pygmaeum Ptychomitrium pusillum Ptychomitrium pygmaeum