Difference between revisions of "Tetrodontium brownianum"

(Dickson) Schwägrichen

Sp. Musc. Frond. Suppl. 2(1,2): 102. 1824,.

Synonyms: Georgia browniana (Dickson) Müller Hal. Tetraphis browniana (Dickson) Greville
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 27. Treatment on page 114. Mentioned on page 113.
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Revision as of 21:50, 16 December 2019

Plants without flagelliform shoots. Thallose protonematal flaps narrowly linear-lanceolate acute, occasionally with a short mucronate point, margins usually entire, up to 2.5 mm. Leaves with costa weak or sometimes absent, present only in distal leaves. Spores about 10–12 µm.

Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Protonematal flaps narrow, linear, acute, to 2.5 mm, usually entire, sometimes with a short mucronate point; stem leaves acuminate, sharply pointed Tetrodontium brownianum var. brownianum
1 Protonematal flaps ovate-lingulate, less than 0.5 mm, dentate, with a large acute apical cell, often mixed in with linear, mucronate flaps; stem leaves obtuse Tetrodontium brownianum var. ovatum