View source for Buckiella ← Buckiella You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Buckiella |accepted_authority=Ireland |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Novon |place=11: 55, figs. 1, 2. 2001 |year=2001 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Hypnaceae;Buckiella |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Hypnaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Buckiella]]</div></div> |etymology=For William Russel Buck, b. 1950, American bryologist, and Latin - ella, diminutive |volume=Volume 28 |mention_page=page 484, 516, 644 |treatment_page=page 518 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>large, in thin to loose mats, light green or whitish, sometimes yellowish, dull or somewhat glossy. <b>Stems</b> creeping or sometimes erect, sparingly and irregularly branched, occasionally simple; hyalodermis present, sometimes indistinct, central strand sometimes present; pseudoparaphyllia absent. <b>Stem</b> and branch leaves similar, imbricate, somewhat contorted, strongly undulate, especially near apex, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, rarely oblong-lanceolate, not plicate; base weakly decurrent; margins plane, entire or usually serrulate to serrate at apex; apex acute to acuminate, rarely somewhat obtuse; costa double, ending just beyond base, rarely one branch reaching 1/3 leaf length; alar cells differentiated, rectangular; laminal cells papillose, papillae minute, granular, cuticular, much more abundant on abaxial surface. <b>Specialized</b> asexual reproduction absent. <b>Sexual</b> condition dioicous; perichaetial leaves narrowly ovate- to oblong-lanceolate, apex acute to acuminate. <b>Seta</b> dark red, reddish, or light brown. <b>Capsule</b> inclined to pendulous, cylindric, arcuate or sometimes straight, wrinkled and contracted below mouth when dry; annulus 1- or 2-seriate, deciduous, cells large; operculum conic to rostrate; peristome double; exostome teeth with fine striations between lamellae proximally, papillose distally; endostome basal membrane rather high, segments broad, keeled, cilia 2 or 3, as long or nearly as long as segments. <b>Calyptra</b> naked. <b>Spores</b> globose to ovoid, smooth or minutely papillose.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;Europe;Asia;Pacific Islands (Hawaii;New Guinea). |discussion=<p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p><i>Buckiella</i> occurs in terrestrial habitats in temperate, boreal, and rarely tropical woods. <i>Buckiella</i> draytonii (Sullivant) Ireland is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Buckiella |author=Robert R. Ireland Jr. |authority=Ireland |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Hypnaceae |distribution=North America;Europe;Asia;Pacific Islands (Hawaii;New Guinea). |reference=None |publication title=Novon |publication year=2001 |special status= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V28/V28_802.xml |genus=Buckiella }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Hypnaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Hypnaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Buckiella.