Funaria hygrometrica Hedw.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Funariaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Species Description - Plants bright yellowish-green turning brown. Stems short, simple; leaves few, erect, appressed around the base of the pedicel, broad and concave, acute or acuminate; the vein ending in the apex, the margins with swollen teeth; cells clear, smooth, oblong below, shorter and hexagonal above. Pedicel pale, twisted, variable in length; capsule horizontal or nodding, ribbed when dry, its mouth oblique; lid bordered with a red rim; annulus large, double, falling with the lid; peristome double, oblique, the teeth with apical appendages attached to a central disc; ealyptra large, inflated at base; spores rough, ripening early in spring.
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Distribution
On charred earth, Eight Mile Rock, Great Bahama. A cosmopolitan species. Cord-moss.
Grand Bahama Bahamas South America|