Description
Genus Dicranoloma
Plants
small to robust
, pale
green to yellowish green or golden brown, in dense tufts. Stems simple
or branched, often tomentose
; central strand present or absent. Leaves often falcate-secund, ovate-lanceolate, often gradually narrowed from a broader, somewhat auriculate
base
to nearly setaceous
apex; margins
plane
, bordered
by one to several rows
of thick-walled, elongate
, linear
cells
, often serrulate
to serrate in the upper half; costa slender, percurrent
to excurrent, often with lamellae or dentate
wings at back in the upper part of leaves; upper cells irregularly rhomboidal
to linear, smooth
; lower cells elongate, frequently with a few rows of hyaline
, very narrow cells at the basal margins; alar cells
conspicuous
, brownish. Dioicous. Setae erect
, short to elongate, smooth, solitary or clustered; capsules cylindric
, erect or arcuate
, smooth when dry; opercula long conic-rostrate; annuli present or none; peristome 16, reddish or reddish brown, striate
below, papillose
above, 2 to 3-divided, halfway down
or lower. Calyptrae cucullate
, entire at the base.
Most species of Dicranoloma are distributed in the tropical regions
of the world. The number of species placed in the genus is inconstant, depending on taxonomic
opinions
of different authors
. Wijk et al.
(1962) listed 121 species in the world. Six species and one variety are known from China.[1]
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Bryophyta
()
- Mosses
- Class:
Bryopsida
()
- Mosses
- Order:
Dicranales
()
- Family:
Bombycoidea
()
- Genus:
Dicranoloma
()
- (Ren.) Ren., Rev. Bryol. Lichenol. 28: 85. 1901
- Specific epithet:
braunii
- Paris, 1904
- Botanical name: - Dicranoloma braunii Paris, 1904
- Specific epithet:
braunii
- Paris, 1904
- Genus:
Dicranoloma
(
- Family:
Bombycoidea
(
- Order:
Dicranales
(
- Class:
Bryopsida
(
- Phylum:
Bryophyta
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-Jul-2004
Similar Species
Members of the genus Dicranoloma
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 126 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
D. angustatum · D. angustiflorum · D. angustifolium · D. arfakianum · D. argutum · D. armitii · D. assimile · D. atlanticum · D. australe · D. australe var. schwabei · D. austrinum · D. austro-scoparium · D. bartramianum · D. bartramioides · D. billarderi · D. billardierei · D. billardieri · D. blumei · D. blumii · D. brachycarpum · D. brachyphyllum · D. brachysteleum · D. brasiliense · D. braunfelsioides · D. braunii · D. breviflagellare · D. brevifolium · D. brevisetum · D. brittonae · D. burchardtii · D. buruense · D. calycinum · D. calymperaceum · D. capillare · D. capillifolioides · D. chilense · D. confusum · D. cutlackii · D. cylindropyxis · D. cylindrothecium · D. daymannianum · D. deplanchei · D. diaphanoneurum · D. dicarpoides · D. dicarpum · D. dichotomum · D. dusenii · D. elimbatum · D. eucamptodontoides · D. falklandicum · D. fasciatum · D. fragile · D. fragiliforme · D. francii · D. gedeanum · D. geluense · D. gracile · D. grandiolare · D. grossialare · D. hariotii · D. havilandii · D. hemineuron · D. hollermayeri · D. imponens · D. integerrimum · D. kerguelense · D. kunkelii · D. laevifolium · D. leucolomoides · D. leucophyllum · D. macrodon · D. menziesii · D. microcarpum · D. monocarpum · D. muelleri · D. nelsonii · D. nigricaule · D. obesifolium · D. onraedtii · D. pancheri · D. patentifolium · D. perarmatum · D. perdecurrens · D. perichaetiale · D. perlongifolium · D. perremotifolium · D. perviride · D. platycaulon · D. platyloma · D. plicatum · D. plurisetum · D. punctulatum · D. pungens · D. ramosii · D. reflexifolium · D. reflexum · D. rigens · D. robustum · D. robustum var. longisetaceum · D. rufifolium
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Moss TROPICOS DatabaseJul 1, 2004.
- Moss TROPICOS: the World Checklist of Mosses
- MOST: Moss TROPICOS Database
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- National Herbarium of New South Wales: Plants of Papua New Guinea
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3778419
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: MOS-35121486
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 526693
Footnotes
- "Dicranoloma". in Moss Flora of China V. 1 Page 153. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
