Sanionia uncinata (Hedw.) Loeske

Sanionia moss (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Plants small to medium-sized. Stems ± pinnate. Stem leaves circinate, falcate, or rarely ± straight, plicate or strongly plicate, rarely not plicate, 0.4-1.1 mm wide; base rounded-triangular or ovate; margins plane or rarely partly recurved distally, denticulate or finely denticulate distally; apex long-or very long-acuminate; costa in bottom of shallow, wide-angled fold (or not in fold); alar region transversely triangular, transition to supra-alar cells sudden, supra-alar cells quadrate to rectangular, chlorophyllose, walls thin or slightly incrassate, eporose, region equal in size to or smaller than alar region; apical laminal cells with distal ends occasionally prorate abaxially. Perichaetia with inner leaves gradually narrowed to apex, margins finely denticulate to denticulate distally, apex long-acuminate. Capsule horizontal or rarely erect to inclined; exothecial cells ± isodiametric, in 1-3 rows; exostome unspecialized, teeth long, broad basally, border widened at transitional zone in pattern of external tooth; endostome unspecialized, in recently dehisced capsules pale, brownish to yellowish, basal membrane constituting 36-45% total endostome height, processes perforated only along midline, cilia well developed.
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Plants medium-sized to large, yellowish green. Stems creeping or erect-ascending, up to 200 mm long; pseudoparaphyllia broad; axillary hairs 1-7-celled. Leaves falcate-secund to circinate, plicate; long subulate from narrowly ovate base, up to 3 mm long; apex long-acuminate; margins finely denticulate above; costa ending in acumen. Upper laminal cells linear; alar cells inflated, hyaline, thin-walled. Perichaetial leaves narrowing gradually to very long-acuminate apex. Capsule inclined, curved. Easily recognised by its plicate, strongly falcate-secund to circinate leaves that taper to a long and narrow acumen.
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Images

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Distribution

Sanionia uncinata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID 35149101
WFO ID wfo-0001174935
COL ID 6XJ37
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 5786
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Synonyms

Drepanocladus uncinatus f. rivularis Hypnum pseudouncinatum Drepanocladus plicatus Sanionia uncinata Camptothecium paulianum Hypnum uncinatum f. arenarium Hypnum uncinatum var. gracillimum Hypnum uncinatum var. implexum Hypnum uncinatum var. subjulaceum Hypnum uncinatum var. suetum Drepanocladus uncinatus var. filiformis Drepanocladus uncinatus var. stenocarpus Drepanocladus uncinatus var. subauriculatus Sanionia uncinata var. uncinata Hypnum uncinatum var. fastigiatum

Lower taxons

Sanionia uncinata var. symmetrica