View source for Weissia sharpii

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|accepted_name=Weissia sharpii
|accepted_authority=L. E. Anderson & B. A. E. Lemmon
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bryologist
|place=76: 133, figs. 9, 10, 12–24. 1973,
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|hierarchy=Pottiaceae;Pottiaceae subfam. Trichostomoideae;Weissia;Weissia sharpii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Pottiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Pottiaceae subfam. Trichostomoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Weissia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Weissia sharpii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=page 493, 513, 515, 518
|treatment_page=page 514
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>deltoid to ovate, base ovate or rectangular, shoulders weak or absent, distal laminal margins loosely inrolled or occasionally sharply incurved, apex channeled or somewhat cucullate, acute to broadly acute, mucro sometimes weak but usually strong, of (1–)5–9 cells; costal adaxial stereid band smaller than the abaxial; distal laminal cells 10–13 µm wide. <b>Sexual</b> condition autoicous. <b>Seta</b> elongate, 0.5–1.5 cm. <b>Capsule</b> stegocarpic, ovate, operculum differentiated, falling, peristome present, teeth absent, rudimentary to ligulate.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature spring.
|habitat=Calcareous rock, cedar-oak bluffs, cedar barrens
|elevation=moderate elevations
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Ga.;Ky.;Mo.;Ohio;Tenn.;Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Weissia sharpii</i> is a comparatively large species, and may be mistaken for <i>Trichostomum crispulum</i>, which, however, has erect distal laminal margins and commonly a strongly cucullate apex. <i>Weissia sharpii</i> has many of the characteristics of the European species W. condensa including large distal laminal cells, ca. 10–13 µm, and large mucro, of ca. 7–9 cells; <i>W. sharpii</i> has a reduced peristome, W. condensa is eperistomate or occasionally has a very reduced peristome. With reciprocal transplantation experiments, A. J. Shaw (1987) found <i>W. sharpii</i> and <i>W. controversa</i> to be closely related, but distinguishable by a few discontinuous characters: leaf length-width ratio, distal leaf width, and width of the gap between involute leaf margins. These are in addition to differences in chromosome number and ecology.</p>
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name=Weissia sharpii
|author=
|authority=L. E. Anderson & B. A. E. Lemmon
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
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|family=Pottiaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature spring.
|habitat=Calcareous rock, cedar-oak bluffs, cedar barrens
|elevation=moderate elevations
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Ga.;Ky.;Mo.;Ohio;Tenn.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bryologist
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|subfamily=Pottiaceae subfam. Trichostomoideae
|genus=Weissia
|species=Weissia sharpii
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