Orthotrichum affine (Orthotrichum Moss)

Common Names

Common Names in English:

Orthotrichum Moss

Description

Genus Orthotrichum

Plants 1--5(--13) cm. Stem leaves imbricate, usually erect-appressed and straight when dry, spreading to wide-spreading when moist, 0.6--6.5 mm; ovate , lanceolate, or linear-lanceolate, obtuse , acute to rounded-acute, acuminate or sometimes obtuse, rarely channeled , rarely acuminate or piliferous ; margins reflexed to revolute , rarely plane or involute , entire or denticulate near apex; costa strong , usually ending near apex; distal leaf cells mostly rounded , almost isodiametric, usually 6--24(--30) µm, with 1--3 papillae per cell, papillae conical or forked ; basal leaf cells elongate-linear, thick-walled and nodose or rectangular, thin-walled, and smooth near base ; marginal leaf cells shorter. Specialized asexual reproduction by brood-bodies, sometimes present on leaves, 3--14 cells long. Perichaetial leaves similar to stem leaves or sometimes slightly differentiated. Sexual condition goniautoicous or cladautoicous , rarely dioicous. Seta to 15 mm, twisted to left. Capsule immersed , emergent or exserted, varying from globose to cylindric , 0.7--3 mm, more or less gradually constricted to seta , smooth or with 8 or 16 ribs and sometimes constricted below mouth when dry; stomates superficial or immersed in central or proximal parts of capsules; peristome double or more rarely single or absent; exostome teeth 0, 8, or 16, papillose or striate , reflexed, recurved, or erect ; endostome segments 0, 8, or 16. Calyptra large, mitrate, conic-oblong to short-conic, more or less hairy or naked, plicate or more rarely smooth, not split at base. Spores isomorphic .

Species 120; worldwide, more common in temperate areas.Dale H. Vitt "Orthotrichum". in Bryophyte Flora of North America Vol. 2. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Physical Description

Habit: Nonvascular

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,174 meters (0 to 7,133 feet).Mean = 119.880 meters (393.307 feet), Standard Deviation = 157.490 based on 6,501 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Taxonomy

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Kingdom: Plantae () - Plants
- Phylum: Bryophyta () - Mosses
  - Class: Bryopsida () - Mosses
    - Order: Orthotrichales ()
      - Family: Noctuoidea ()
        Genus: Orthotrichum () - Hedwig, Spec. Musci. 162. 1801.
        Specific epithet: affine - Schrader ex Bridel, 1801
        Botanical name: - Orthotrichum affine Schrader ex Bridel, 1801

Ambiguous Synonyms

Bryum semivacuum Bridel, 1803
Dorcadion affine (Bruch ex Bridel) Lindberg, 1879
Orthotrichum amannii Culmann, 1892
Orthotrichum bequaertii Thï¿½riot and Naveau, 1927
Orthotrichum fastigiatum Bruch ex Bridel, 1827
Orthotrichum leptocarpum Bruch and W. P. Schimper ex C. Mï¿½ller, 1849
Orthotrichum octoblephare Bridel, 1801
Sphagnum semivacuum Palisot de Beauvois ex Paris, 1898
Splachnum semivacuum (Bridel) Palisot de Beauvois, 1805
Weissia octoblepharis (Bridel) A. Roth, 1806

Unambiguous Synonyms

Orthotrichum affine (Bridel) Bridel, 1812
Orthotrichum affine (Bruch ex Bridel) Hampe, 1837
Orthotrichum affine Brid.
Orthotrichum affine Schrad. ex Brid., 1801

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-Jul-2004

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Orthotrichum

There are approximately 271 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

Bibliography

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Judd, W.S., Campbell, C.S., Kellog, E.A. and Donoghue, M.J. (2002): Plant Systematics: a phylogenetic approach, Sinauer, Sunderland, Mass.
Lewinsky, J. 1993. Monographic studies on Orthotrichum (Musci). Bryobrothera, Vol. 2: 1--59.
Vitt, D. H. 1973. A Revision of the Genus Orthotrichum in North America, North of Mexico. Bryophytorum Bibliotheca, 1: 1--108.

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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 11 providers.
MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
MOST: Moss TROPICOS Database
Moss TROPICOS DatabaseJul 1, 2004.
Moss TROPICOS: the World Checklist of Mosses
USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen: Biologiezentrum Linz
Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Herbarium
European Environment Agency: EUNIS
GBIF-Spain: Herbario de la Universidad de La Laguna:TFC-Bry
GBIF-Spain: Real Jardin Botanico, Madrid: MA-Musci
GBIF-Spain: Universidad de Murcia, Dpto. Biología Vegetal (Botánica), Murcia: MUB-MUSCI
GBIF-Sweden: Herbarium of Oskarshamn (OHN)
GBIF-Sweden: Mosses (S)
Missouri Botanical Garden
Natural History Museum, University of Oslo: Bryophyte herbarium, Bergen (BG)
UK National Biodiversity Network: British Bryological Society - Bryophyte data for Great Britain from the British Bryological Society held by BRC
UK National Biodiversity Network: British Bryological Society - Bryophyte data for Great Britain held by BRC for compilation
UNIBIO, IBUNAM: MEXU/Colección de Briofitas
University Museums of Norway (MUSIT)
Utah State University: USU-UTC Specimen Database

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3872465
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: MOS-35173042
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14170204
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 15883
U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ORAF
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 52825

Orthotrichum affine

Common Names

Description

Genus Orthotrichum

Physical Description

Habitat

Taxonomy

Ambiguous Synonyms

Unambiguous Synonyms

Notes

Similar Species

Members of the genus Orthotrichum

Bibliography

More Info

Notes

Contributors

Data Sources

Identifiers

Footnotes