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Sematophyllum subpinnatum (Brid.) E.Britton

Sematophyllum moss (en)

Species

Bryophytes > Hypnales > Sematophyllaceae > Sematophyllum

Characteristics

Plants small to medium-sized, green or yellowish, dull. Stems0.3-0.6 cm, branches reclining. Leaves homomallous, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, tapering abruptly to apex, 0.5-1.1 mm; margins reflexed; apex short-acuminate; alar cells somewhat enlarged, not inflated, light brown, in 1 row, supra-alar cells in several rows, quadrate; laminal cells rhomboidal to elliptic. Specialized asexual reproduction absent. Seta 0.5-1 cm. Capsule suberect, 1-1.5 mm.
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Plants yellow-to golden-green. Stems creeping, 25-75 mm long, irregularly branched, branches ascending, short, curved. Leaves crowded, homomallous, concave, ovate, 0.71.4 mm long; apex acute; margins entire; costa weak. Upper laminal cells oblong-rhomboidal; alar cells 3-6, swollen, bordered by quadrate cells above. Capsule inclined to horizontal, short-cylindric; endostome cilia rudimentary or absent.
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Distribution

Sematophyllum subpinnatum world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID 35181844
WFO ID wfo-0001194087
COL ID 4WFJG
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INPN ID 716607
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Synonyms

Hypnum afrodemissum Hypnum agnatum Hypnum aureolum Hypnum catillum Hypnum demissum Hypnum duisaboanum Hypnum hampeanum Hypnum obliquifolium Hypnum pallidisetum Hypnum substrumiferum Hypnum tovariense Rhaphidostegium barnesii Rhaphidostegium dicnemonella Rhaphidostegium duisaboanum Rhaphidostegium fallax Rhaphidostegium fluminale Rhaphidostegium fusco-viride Rhaphidostegium globosum Rhaphidostegium glutinosum Rhaphidostegium grammicarpum Rhaphidostegium inconspicuum Rhaphidostegium sauloma Rhaphidostegium turgidulum Leskea caespitosa Leskea circinalis Leskea duisaboana Leskea kegeliana Rhynchostegium sphaerotheca Sematophyllum afrodemissum Sematophyllum agnatum Rhynchostegium hampei Leucomium robillardii Sematophyllum aureolum Aptychus apaloblastus Aptychus aurantius Aptychus cespitulosus Aptychus concinnus Aptychus longicollis Aptychus semitortulus Aptychus virescentifolius Sematophyllum caespitosum Sematophyllum fuscoviride Sematophyllum globosum Sematophyllum inconspicuum Sematophyllum kegelianum Sematophyllum substrumiferum Hypnum inconspicuum Hypnum irrepens Hypnum lecoultriae Hypnum loxense Hypnum robillardii Trichosteleum replicatum Hypnum sphaerotheca Hypnum subsecundum Rhaphidostegium afrodemissum Rhaphidostegium agnatum Rhaphidostegium aureolum Rhaphidostegium chrysotis Rhaphidostegium circinale Rhaphidostegium concinnum Rhaphidostegium hampei Rhaphidostegium hedwigii Rhaphidostegium irrepens Rhaphidostegium leptothecium Rhaphidostegium ovale Rhaphidostegium peralare Rhaphidostegium replicatum Rhaphidostegium robustulum Rhaphidostegium sphaerotheca Rhaphidostegium stuhlmannii Rhaphidostegium subcurvulum Rhaphidostegium subnervatum Rhaphidostegium subsphaericarpum Rhaphidostegium substrumiferum Pterogoniella stuhlmannii Glossadelphus euryphyllus Neckera straminea Aptychus grammicarpus Sematophyllum chrysotis Sematophyllum circinale Sematophyllum fallax Sematophyllum fluminale Sematophyllum hedwigii Sematophyllum lecoultriae Sematophyllum leptothecium Sematophyllum striatifolium Sematophyllum subnervatum Sematophyllum subpinnatum Sematophyllum turgidulum Rhaphidostegium caespitosum subsp. coelophyllum Rhaphidostegium caespitosum var. laticuspidatum Sematophyllum chrysotis var. patulifolium
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