Warnstorfia fluitans (Hedw.) Loeske

Water hook-moss (en)

Species

Bryophytes > Hypnales > Calliergonaceae > Warnstorfia

Characteristics

Plants green, yellow-green, brownish, brown-red, or rarely clear red in extremely exposed habitats. Stems with axillary hair distal cells 1-4. Stem leaves narrowly ovate to triangular-ovate, falcate or sometimes straight, concave or slightly so; margins denticulate, sometimes only in part or indistinctly; apex acuminate, not incurved; costa to 1/2-4/5 leaf length, occasionally double or shorter; alar region narrowly transversely triangular, supra-alar cells small, not forming region with alar cells.
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Images

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Distribution

Warnstorfia fluitans world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID 35126911
WFO ID wfo-0001161272
COL ID 7G65W
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INPN ID 5514
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Synonyms

Amblystegium fuegianum Warnstorfia fluitans Amblystegium andinum Hypnum h-schulzei Drepanocladus fuegianus var. stenophyllus Warnstorfia fluitans var. fluitans

Lower taxons

Warnstorfia fluitans var. falcata Warnstorfia fluitans var. berggrenii