Cyclodictyon roridum (Hampe) Kuntze

  • 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

    Pilotrichaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Cyclodictyon roridum (Hampe) Kuntze

  • Description

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    Species Description - Plants dull or glossy, green or brownish-green. Stems up to 6 cm long and (with leaves) up to 3 mm wide. Leaves erect-spreading to spreading, contorted and often appearing linear when dry, 1-2.5 mm long, oblong-lanceolate to oblongovate, abruptly acute, cuspidate-acuminate, or broadly shortacuminate; margins serrulate above, broadly bordered by 3-6 rows of cells (often by 6 rows throughout); costae strong, extending nearly to the apex, smooth at back; cells hexagonal, at the apex occasionally somewhat elongate. Inflorescences and sporophytes not seen.

  • Discussion

    Fig. 588

    C. roridum (Hampe) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 835. 1891.

    Hookeria rorida Hampe, Linnaea 32: 155. 1863.

    H. riparia Mitt., J. Linn. Soc, Bot. 12: 345. 1869.

    Cyclodictyon riparium (Mitt.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 835.1891.

    Hookeria obliquicuspisC. Mull., Bull. Herb. Boissier 5: 564. 1897.

  • Distribution

    On wet rocks at 1600 m alt.; Puebla (Huauchinango).-Mexico to northern South America; West Indies.

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