Schlotheimia appunii

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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.

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

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3934303
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: MOS-35149422
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 529990

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