Hookeriopsis cruegeriana (Müll.Hal.) A.Jaeger

  • 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

    Hookeriopsis cruegeriana (Müll.Hal.) A.Jaeger

  • Description

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    Species Description - Plants glossy, pale-green or yellowish. Stems ± pinnately branched, up to 12 cm long and (with leaves) 3 mm wide. Leaves erect-spreading and complanate, 1.5-2 mm long, concave, oblong-lanceolate to ovate, bluntly acute; margins serrulate to serrate in the upper half; upper cells linear, smooth, pellucid. Dioicous. Setae 20-35 mm long, smooth. Spores ca. 10 µm.

  • Discussion

    Fig. 596

    H. cruegeriana (C. Miill.) Jaeg., Ber. Thatigk. St. Gallischen Naturwiss. Ges. 1875-76: 359. 1877.

    Hookeria cruegeriana C. Mull., Syn. Muse Frond. 2: 208. 1851.

    Thamnhpsis cruegeriana (C. Mull.) Buck, Brittonia 39: 218.1987.

  • Distribution

    On logs and other moist substrates at moderate altitudes; Jalisco, Puebla,Veracruz.—Mexico; Guatemala and Costa Rica; northern South America; Lesser Antilles.

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