Zelometeorium patulum (Hedw.) Manuel

Zelometeorium moss (en)

Species

Bryophytes > Hookeriales > Brachytheciaceae > Zelometeorium

Characteristics

Stems to 15 cm, branches to 15 mm, straight to flexuose. Stem leaves 1-1.6 × 0.8-1.2 mm (squarrose leaves in densely foliate stem parts) or 1.5-2 × 0.4-0.7 mm (erect leaves in moderately loosely foliate stem parts); laminal cells 45-70 × 4-6 µm; basal cells to 12 µm wide, walls thick, pitted. [Capsule exserted beyond perichaetial leaves].
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Zelometeorium patulum world distribution map, present in Brazil

Identifiers

LSID 35100280
WFO ID wfo-0001146711
COL ID 3NT22
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INPN ID 727080
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Synonyms

Meteorium decurrens Meteorium minutum Neckera anderssonii Zelometeorium patulum Hypnum cirrhiferum Pilotrichum patulum Pilotrichum recurvifolium Hypnum patulum Meteorium diversifolium Meteorium stellatum Neckera patula Meteoriopsis patula var. angustifolia Meteoriopsis patula var. congesta Meteoriopsis subambigua var. alaris