View source for Leptodon ← Leptodon 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=Leptodon |accepted_authority=D. Mohr |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Observ. Bot., |place=27. 1803 |year=1803 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Leptodontaceae;Leptodon |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Leptodontaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Leptodon]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek leptos, delicate, and odon, tooth, alluding to peristome |volume=Volume 28 |mention_page=page 623, 624, 653 |treatment_page=page 625 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Secondary </b>stems densely 2-pinnate to flagelliform or irregularly pinnate; paraphyllia present; pseudoparaphyllia subfoliose. <b>Stem</b> leaves appressed or erect when dry, spreading when moist, oval to oblong-elliptic; margins plane or recurved on one side proximally, entire; apex obtuse or occasionally broadly acute; costa single, 50–70% leaf length, or double, short; alar region weakly differentiated; medial laminal cells isodiametric. <b>Branch</b> leaves similar, often smaller. <b>Sexual</b> condition dioicous; perichaetial leaf apex squarrose. [Seta 1.5–2 mm. <b>Capsule</b> erect, emergent, ovoid to oblong-ellipsoid; stomata absent; operculum obliquely rostrate; exostome teeth connate at base, linear-lanceolate, spiculose; endostome rudimentary. <b>Calyptra</b> hairy. <b>Spores</b> 12–15 µm, brownish yellow].</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Colo.;South America;Eurasia;n;s;c Africa;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);e Australia;temperate regions. |discussion=<p>Species 4 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>The paraphyses are 2-seriate in <i>Leptodon</i>, but 1-seriate in <i>Forsstroemia</i>.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Leptodon |author=Lloyd R. Stark |authority=D. Mohr |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Leptodontaceae |distribution=Colo.;South America;Eurasia;n;s;c Africa;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);e Australia;temperate regions. |reference=None |publication title=Observ. Bot., |publication year=1803 |special status= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V28/V28_983.xml |genus=Leptodon }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Leptodontaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Leptodontaceae (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 Leptodon.