Tortula protobryoides R.H.Zander

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Bryophytes > Pottiales > Pottiaceae > Tortula

Characteristics

Leaves ovate to oblong-lanceolate, apex broadly acute to rounded, mucronate to short-awned, margins revolute in mid 2/3-3/4 of leaf, weakly bordered from apex to near base with (2-)4 rows of weakly thicker-walled and less-papillose or smooth cells; costa excurrent, lacking an adaxial pad of cells though convex adaxially, distally narrow, 3-4 cells across adaxial surface; distal laminal cells subquadrate to hexagonal, occasionally somewhat elongated longitudinally, width 13-18 µm wide, 1(-2):1, papillose with 4(-6) simple papillae per lumen. Sexual condition autoicous. Sporophytes exerted. Seta length 0.2-0.4 cm. Capsule stegocarpic, not systylius, broadly cylindric, erect and nearly straight, urn ca. 1.4-1.5 mm; peristome remaining adherent to the inside of the operculum, teeth rudimentary to linear, to 300 µm, of several filaments variously anastomosing and weakly twisted, basal membrane length to 50 µm; operculum ca. 0.7-0.8 mm, not falling. Spores ca. 20-25 µm, spheric, densely low-papillose.
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Images

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Identifiers

LSID 35188631
WFO ID wfo-0001198654
COL ID 57HVY
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INPN ID 435867
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Synonyms

Tortula bryoides Pottia bryoides Protobryum bryoides Astomum bryoides Tortula protobryoides Phascum bryoides

Lower taxons

Tortula protobryoides var. thornhillii Tortula protobryoides var. brevifolia