Tetraplodon angustatus (Hedw.) Bruch & Schimp.

Toothedleaf nitrogen moss (en)

Species

Bryophytes > Splachnales > Splachnaceae > Tetraplodon

Characteristics

Plants 2-8 cm, yellow-green to brown. Leaves long-lanceolate, concave, 3-4 × 0.5 mm; margins with large teeth or occasionally entire; apex slenderly long-acuminate; costa nearly filling subula; distal laminal cells rectangular or oblong-hexagonal, 20 × 30 µm. Sexual condition autoicous or dioicous. Seta brownish, 0.2-0.4 cm. Capsule stegocarpous, brown, dark brown with age, ovate-cylindric; hypophysis wider than urn; stomata in distal hypophysis; operculum hemispheric or bluntly conic. Calyptra conic-mitrate. Spores 9-10 µm, smooth.
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Images

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Identifiers

LSID 35104949
WFO ID wfo-0001149199
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INPN ID 5691
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Synonyms

Tayloria argutidens Tetraplodon angustatus Splachnum setaceum Splachnum angustatum