Syntrichia cainii (H.A.Crum & L.E.Anderson) R.H.Zander

Cain's tortula moss (en)

Species

Bryophytes > Pottiales > Pottiaceae > Syntrichia

Characteristics

Stems 10-20 mm. Leaves infolded, twisted, and slightly contorted when dry, erect-spreading with recurved tips when moist, variable in shape and size, usually oblong-ovate, 1.5-2 × 0.75-1.5 mm; margins revolute in the proximal 1/2-2/3, entire; apices obtuse but abruptly narrowed to a blunt tip; costa ending well before the apex, brown, smooth; basal cells abruptly differentiated, narrower toward the margins; distal cells rounded, polygonal, or quadrate, 12-18 µm, with 3-5 papillae per cell, thick-walled and collenchymatous. Specialized asexual reproduction absent. Sexual condition dioicous (perigonia and sporophytes unknown).
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Identifiers

LSID 35188740
WFO ID wfo-0001198750
COL ID 53ZQ6
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Synonyms

Tortula cainii Syntrichia cainii