Calymperes lonchophyllum Schwägr.

  • 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

    Calymperaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Calymperes lonchophyllum Schwägr.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Plants dark- to olive-green, in dense, springy mats, up to 24 mm tall. Leaves when dry, straight in the lower 1/3, variously contorted in the upper 2/3, 8-14 mm long; upper lamina narrowly linear from an oblong or oval base; lower lamina only shghtiy broader than upper, persistently folded; costa smooth; cells smooth, often bistratose in scattered areas of the upper lamina, at least some, usually most, transversely elongate; teniolae absent in stem leaves, occasional in perichaetial leaves; leaf margins much thickened, ± distantly toothed and winged above o n the angles, the teeth usually in pairs, entire to strongly serrate along the lower lamina and at the shoulders. Propagula papillose-roughened, in clusters on the ventral surface of the leaf apex, occasionally along the ventral surface of the costa in the upper half of the leaf. Setae 10 mm long; capsules 1.7-2.5 mm long, cylindric; operculum 1.1 mm long. Spores 17-24 µm, finely papillose. Calyptrae 4-4.7 mm long, papillose-roughened above.

  • Discussion

    Fig. 152

    C. lonchophyllum Schwaegr., Sp. Muse. Suppl. 1: 333. 1816.

    Calymperes lonchophyllum is c o m m o n and widely distributed. It is easily recognized by its dark and wiry appearance and very long, narrow leaves. In C. levyanum the upper cells of the leaves are densely papillose. Calymperes venezuelanum (Mitt.) Broth, ex Pittier, the leaves of which have an interval of naked costa above the shoulder region, may be expected at higher altitudes in Mexico.

  • Distribution

    On bark and dead wood, occasionally on rock, up to 100 m alt.; Quintana Roo, Veracruz.—Mexico to northern South America; West Indies; pantropical