Schlotheimia appressifolia

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Description

Genus Schlotheimia

Plants medium-sized, in dense, tomentose , usually reddish-brown mats on trees . Stems creeping , with numerous , ascending , stout, usually forked branches up to 2 cm high. Branch leaves appressed to loosely-appressed, erect , often spirally-twisted around stem when dry, narrowly lanceolate to oblong-ligulate, usually acute, apiculate or long-cuspidate, sometimes rugose ; margins entire ; costa strong , excurrent or ending at apex; distal laminal cells small, rarely greater than 10 µm, rounded , thick-walled, usually smooth ; basal laminal cells elongate , porose . Sexual condition pseudautoicous , dwarf male plants on leaves of female plant. Seta smooth. Capsule fully exserted, rarely immersed ; elliptic to cylindric , erect, usually smooth or lightly plicate ; stomates superficial; peristome double ; endostome segments 16, shorter than exostome , pale sometimes rudimentary ; exostome teeth 16, well-developed, linear-lanceolate, often blunt , erect or recurved, thick densely papillose-striate. Calyptra mitrate, long-conic to campanulate , 4--6 lobed at base , naked or hairy , usually covering entire capsule. Spores anisosmorphic.

Species 100--150; pantropical ; Mexico, Central America, South America, Africa, Australia, Pacific Islands (New Zealand).

The distinctive dark-reddish coloration , habit in tree canopies and on tree trunks, and 4--6 lobed, campanulate calyptra are diagnostic features of this genus.Dale H. Vitt "Schlotheimia". in Bryophyte Flora of North America Vol. 2. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,190 meters (0 to 3,904 feet).Mean = 507.480 meters (1,664.961 feet), Standard Deviation = 655.780 based on 65 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Taxonomy

Notes

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

Similar Species

Members of the genus Schlotheimia

There are approximately 137 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

S. acutifolia · S. angulata · S. angulosa · S. angustata · S. appressifolia · S. appunii · S. araucarieti · S. argentinica · S. asperrima · S. atlantica · S. badiella · S. balfourii · S. bequaertii · S. boiviniana · S. brachyphylla · S. brachypoda · S. brachypodia · S. breviseta · S. brownii · S. calomitria · S. campbelliana · S. campylopus · S. capillaris · S. capillidens · S. chamissonis · S. clavata · S. compacta · S. congolensis · S. conica · S. crumii · S. cuspidifera · S. cyrtophylla · S. densifolia · S. dichotoma · S. donar · S. elata · S. emarginato-pilosa · S. emergens · S. excorrugata · S. extranodosa · S. fasciculata · S. fauriei · S. ferruginea · S. fornicata · S. foveolata · S. fragilifolia · S. funiformis · S. furcata · S. fuscoviridis · S. gauthieri · S. glauca · S. glaziovii · S. gracilescens · S. gracilis · S. grammocarpa · S. grandi-areolata · S. grevilleana · S. henscheniana · S. horridula · S. illecebra · S. jamesonii · S. japonica · S. juliformis · S. knightii · S. krausei · S. laete-virens · S. lancifolia (Lanceleaf Schlotheimia Moss) · S. lasiomitria · S. latifolia · S. lindmanii · S. linearifolia · S. longicaulis · S. longiseta · S. mac-gregorii · S. malacophylla · S. microcarpa · S. microphylla · S. muelleri · S. nossi-beana · S. pabstiana · S. papuana · S. paraguensis · S. pauli · S. percuspidata · S. perrieri · S. perrotii · S. perserrata · S. phaeochlora · S. pilicalyx · S. pilomitria · S. pobeguinii · S. poecilodictyon · S. pseudoaffinis · S. puiggarii · S. pungens · S. pungentissima · S. recurvifolia · S. regnellii · S. rhystophylla · S. richardii

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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 provider.
• MOST: Moss TROPICOS Database
• Moss TROPICOS DatabaseJul 1, 2004.
• Moss TROPICOS: the World Checklist of Mosses

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

• Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3338244
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: MOS-35149421
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 529989

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