Dendropogonella rufescens (Schimp.) E.Britton

  • Authority

    Sharp, Aaron J., et al. 1994. The Moss Flora of Mexico. Part Two: Orthotrichales to Polytrichales. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 69 (2)

  • Family

    Cryphaeaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Dendropogonella rufescens (Schimp.) E.Britton

  • Description

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    Species Description - Stems up to 34 cm long; branches 1-3 cm long. Leaves 2-3.4 mm long and (0.2-)0.4-0.6 mm wide. Upper median and apical cells 20-45 x 7-11 µm. Spores (16-)22-27 µm.

  • Discussion

    Fig. 518

    D. rufescens (Schimp.) Britt., Bryologist 9: 39. 1906.

    Dendropogon rufescens Schimp., Bot. Zeitung 1: 381. 1843.

    Clidostoma rufulus Mart, ex Schimp., Bot. Zeitung 1:381.1843, nom. nud. in syn.

    Cryphaea rufescens (Schimp.) C. Mull., Linnaea 18: 682. 1844 [1845].

    Pilotrichum rufescens (Schimp.) C. Miill., Syn. Muse. Frond 2 176. 1851.

    Cleistostoma elegans Bruch ex Par., Index Bryol. ed. 2, 1: 348 1904, nom. nud. in syn

    The plants are easily recognized because of their slender, long-pendent habit of growth. As in other members of the family, the capsules are immersed. The inflorescences are autoicous; the perichaetial leaves are considerably differentiated and long-awned; and the calyptrae are small and mitrate. As in Cryphaea and Schoenobryum, the spores germinate after dispersal to produce a filamentous, branched protonema.

  • Distribution

    On bark of trees, pendent from branches, at altitudes of 200-2800 m; Chiapas, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz.—Mexico; Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Panama; northern South America.

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