Sematophyllum adnatum (Michx.) E.Britton

Sematophyllum moss (en)

Species

Bryophytes > Hypnales > Sematophyllaceae > Sematophyllum

Characteristics

Plants small, green to golden yellow, glossy. Stems 2-3 cm, branches ascending. Leaves erect to erect-spreading, sometimes homomallous, oblong-lanceolate, tapering gradually to apex, 1-1.5 mm; margins reflexed; apex gradually acuminate; alar cells enlarged, inflated, yellow, in 1 row, supra-alar cells several in 2 rows, quadrate to short-rectangular; laminal cells long-rhomboidal. Specialized asexual reproduction rare, by axillary propagula, 1-seriate, rough, branched or unbranched. Seta 0.4-0.8 cm. Capsule erect, 1 mm.
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Distribution

Sematophyllum adnatum world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID 35150043
WFO ID wfo-0001175547
COL ID 4WFDQ
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INPN ID 434496
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Synonyms

Hypnum minimum Rhaphidostegium microcarpum Leskea microcarpa Sematophyllum adnatum Sematophyllum constrictum Hypnum admixtum Stereodon microcarpus