Weissia muhlenbergiana (Sw.) W.D.Reese & B.A.E.Lemmon

Muehlenberg's astomum moss (en)

Species

Bryophytes > Pottiales > Pottiaceae > Weissia

Characteristics

Leaves long-lanceolate, base little differentiated to triangular or narrowly elliptic, shoulders absent, distal laminal margins plane or erect, apex broadly channeled or plane, acute, mucro very strong, of 6-10(-14) cells; costal adaxial stereid band smaller than the abaxial; distal laminal cells 8-10 µm wide. Sexual condition cladautoicous. Seta very short, less than 0.05 cm not including the vaginula. Capsule cleistocarpic, round, with a short-rostrate or conic, occasionally angled or curved apiculus.
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Identifiers

LSID 35168434
WFO ID wfo-0001186352
COL ID 5BWWW
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Synonyms

Weissia muhlenbergiana Astomum muhlenbergianum Phascum muhlenbergianum Phascum nitidulum