Leucobryum bowringii Mitt.

  • Authority

    Sharp, Aaron J., et al. 1994. The Moss Flora of Mexico. Part One: Sphagnales to Bryales. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 69 (1): 1-452.

  • Family

    Leucobryaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Leucobryum bowringii Mitt.

  • Description

    Deprecated: mb_convert_encoding(): Handling HTML entities via mbstring is deprecated; use htmlspecialchars, htmlentities, or mb_encode_numericentity/mb_decode_numericentity instead in /home/emu/nybgweb/www-dev/htdocs/science-dev/wp-content/themes/nybgscience/lib/VHMonographsDetails.php on line 179

    Species Description - Plants, dull, whitish to pale-green, 2-6(-8) cm tall. Leaves strongly flexuose, (8-)10-12(-14) mm long, long-lanceolate, channeled to tubulose above, ending in an apiculus consisting of a single green cell; margins entire or denticulate near the apex; cross-sections near the alar regions showing 2 layers of leucocysts at the middle and usually 2 above and below the chlorocysts in the thickest portion; in surface view chlorocysts loosely reticulate, about 6:1, the leucocysts in the upper median portion of the leaf about 2:1, with slightly rounded ends; lamina composed of 4-5 rows of long-rectangular to spindle-shaped, hyaline cells, with a few rectangular cells (4-5:1) at the extreme base. Setae reddish, 1-2 cm long; capsules strumose, about 1.5 mm long. Spores 12-14 µm. (Sporophytes described from Asiatic material.)

  • Discussion

    Fig. 133

    L. bowringiiMitt., J. Linn. Soc, Bot. Suppl. 1: 26. 1859.

    The plants can be recognized by their large size, slender, flexuose, channeled to tubulose leaves; the upper portion of the leaf is usually five to six times as long as the base. [According to Bruce Allen, in litt., November 17, 1992, material from Central America referred to L. bowringii might better go under the name L. albicans (Schwaegr.) Lindb.— Editors.]

  • Distribution

    Rare, on moist soil and cliffs in cloud forests at 600-750 melev.; Oaxaca.—Mexico; Costa Rica and Jamaica; India, southeastern Asia, Japan, and the Philippines.

    Mexico North America| Costa Rica South America| Jamaica South America| India Asia| Asia| Japan Asia| Philippines Asia|