Difference between revisions of "Platydictya confervoides"

(Bridel) H. A. Crum

Michigan Bot. 3: 60. 1964.

Selected by author to be illustrated
Basionym: Hypnum confervoides Bridel Muscol. Recent., suppl. 2: 153. 1812
Synonyms: Amblystegiella confervoides (Bridel) Loeske Amblystegium confervoides (Bridel) Schimper A. pseudoconfervoides Kindberg Serpoleskea confervoides (Bridel) Loeske
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 28. Treatment on page 284. Mentioned on page 282.
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Revision as of 19:45, 24 September 2019

Plants dense, rigid, dark green to yellow-brown. Stems with branching angle wide, branches firmly attached; pseudoparaphyllia foliose; rhizoids below or at abaxial leaf insertion, red-brown, smooth. Leaves erect-spreading, 0.1–0.3 mm; base not much narrowed to insertion; margins entire or nearly so; alar cells subquadrate, region of 3–6+ cells; distal laminal cells oblong-rhombic, 2–3(–4):1. Specialized asexual reproduction absent. Sexual condition autoicous; perichaetial leaf margins entire or obscurely serrulate distally. Seta 0.6–0.8 cm. Capsule inclined to horizontal or rarely suberect, shortly oblong-cylindric, asymmetric, 0.8–1.2 mm, contracted below mouth when dry, neck short; stomata at base of capsule; annulus 2-seriate; operculum convex-conic, stoutly apiculate; exostome teeth yellow-brown; endostome cilia in groups of 2 or 3, well developed. Spores 11–13 µm.


Habitat: Moist, shaded limestone rock, stream valleys
Elevation: low to moderate elevations

Distribution

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Nfld. and Labr., N.S., Ont., Que., Yukon, Ala., Alaska, Ark., Conn., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Md., Mich., Minn., Mo., N.J., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., S.Dak., Tenn., Vt., Va., Wis., Europe, w Asia.

Discussion

Diagnostic features of Platydictya confervoides include entire or obscurely serrulate leaf margins and short laminal cells, as well as a rupestral habitat.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Platydictya confervoides"
Howard A. Crum† +  and Lars Hedenäs +
(Bridel) H. A. Crum +
Hypnum confervoides +
Nfld. and Labr. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Yukon +, Ala. +, Alaska +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Md. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, S.Dak. +, Tenn. +, Vt. +, Va. +, Wis. +, Europe +  and w Asia. +
low to moderate elevations +
Moist, shaded limestone rock, stream valleys +
Michigan Bot. +
Selected by author to be illustrated +
Amblystegiella confervoides +, Amblystegium confervoides +, A. pseudoconfervoides +  and Serpoleskea confervoides +
Platydictya confervoides +
Platydictya +
species +