Barbella cubensis (Mitt.) Broth.

  • 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

    Meteoriaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Barbella cubensis (Mitt.) Broth.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Plants filiform, yellowish at tips, brown below. Secondary stems up to 25 cm long. Branches up to 5 cm long. Leaves of stems and basal branches loosely spreading, somewhat complanate, 2.1-3.5 x 0.4-0.6 mm, often hair-pointed; margins serrulate throughout; cells 1-2-papillose; apical cells 16-44 x 1-2.5 µm; median cells 24-40 x 1.5-3 µm; basal cells 5.5-17.5 x 1.5-5 µm. Leaves of ultimate branches appressed, 2.4-3.4 x 0.4-0.6 mm, long hair-pointed; apical cells 18-38 x 1.5-3 µm; median cells 23-38 x 1.5-2.5 µm; basal cells 6.5-16—1.5-5 µm.

  • Discussion

    Fig. 542d-h

    B. cubensis (Mitt.) Broth, in E. & P., Nat. Pfl. 1(3): 824. 1906.

    Meteorium cubense Mitt., J. Linn. Soc, Bot. 12: 435. 1869.

    Pilotrichum filescens Duby, Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve 20: 363. 1869.

    Leskea heteroclados Schimp. ex Besch., Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 16: 227. 1872.

    Meteorium diclados Schimp. ex Besch., Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 16: 227. 1872.

    M. enerve Thwaites & Mitt, ex Mitt., J. Linn. Soc, Bot. 13: 317.1873.

    Neckera trichophoroides Hampe ex C. Müll., Linnaea 38: 668. 1874.

    Meteorium dicladhides C. Müll., Rev. Bryol. 3: 4. 1876.

    M. determesii Rtn. & Card., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 38(1): 25. 1900.

    Barbella determesii (Ren. & Card.) Fleisch. ex Broth, in E. & P., Nat. Pfl. 1(3): 824. 1906.

    B. determesiivar. adusoensis Okam., J. Coll. Sci. Imper. Univ. Tokyo 36(7): 17. 1915.

    In contrast to B. pendula, which has uniformly slender branches, B. cubensis has branches at the base of secondary stems noticeably stouter than those toward their tips.

  • Distribution

    On limbs of trees at low to moderate elevations; Chiapas, Hidalgo, Puebla.—Mexico; Central America; Peru; West Indies; India and Japan.

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