Scleropodium cespitans L.F.Koch

Low scleropodium moss (en)

Species

Bryophytes > Hookeriales > Brachytheciaceae > Scleropodium

Characteristics

Plants medium-sized, in moderately dense mats, green to brownish. Stems to 10 cm, leafy shoots (0.4-)0.6-0.9 mm wide, branches moderately or sometimes strongly julaceous. Stem leaves closely imbricate, ovate, 0.8-1.6 × 0.3-0.8 mm, ; margins weakly serrulate to subentire proximally, serrulate near apex; apex acute or very short-acuminate; alar cells enlarged, 10-14 µm, walls thin, region small, distinctly delimited; laminal cells 30-65 × 4-6 µm; basal juxtacostal cells quadrate to short-rectangular, 10-20 × 7-10 µm. Seta to 1.2 cm, strongly to moderately rough throughout. Capsule suberect to inclined. Spores 13-16 µm.
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Identifiers

LSID 35149814
WFO ID wfo-0001175415
COL ID 4VQCD
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INPN ID 436211
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Synonyms

Brachythecium appleyardiae Eurhynchium lentum Homalothecium lentum Hypnum lentum Scleropodium cespitans Hypnum colpophyllum var. flagelliforme Scleropodium cespitans var. cespitans

Lower taxons

Scleropodium cespitans var. sublaeve