Lepidopilum tortifolium Mitt.

  • 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

    Lepidopilum tortifolium Mitt.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Plants relatively slender to medium-sized, glossy. Stems sparsely and irregularly pinnate, up to 5 cm long, (with leaves) 3-4.5 mm wide. Leaves contorted when dry, 1.5-2.5 mm long, oblong to elliptic, obtuse to abruptly acute or acuminate; margins serrate above; costa 1/2-3/4 or more the leaf length; upper cells large (28-33 µm wide), hexagonal to oblong-hexagonal, 1-2.5:1, those at the margins linear in 3-4 rows. Dioicous. Setae 15 mm long, papillose throughout. Spores 15-22 µm, smooth. Calyptrae sparsely hairy, laciniate at base.

  • Discussion

    Fig. 602

    L. tortifolium Mitt., J. Linn. Soc, Bot. 12: 374. 1869.

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

    The border is indistinct below owing to the fact that all basal cells are elongate.

  • Distribution

    On wet rocks and banks at low altitudes; Oaxaca (Sierra de Juarez).—Mexico; Guatemala and Costa Rica; northern South America; Jamaica and Martinique.

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