Difference between revisions of "Brachythecium rotaeanum"
Comment. Soc. Crittog. Ital. 2: 285. 1867.
FNA>Volume Importer |
imported>Volume Importer |
||
| (6 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status | |special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status | ||
|code=F | |code=F | ||
| − | |label= | + | |label=Illustrated |
}} | }} | ||
|basionyms= | |basionyms= | ||
| Line 15: | Line 15: | ||
|name=Brachythecium capillaceum | |name=Brachythecium capillaceum | ||
|authority=(F. Weber & D. Mohr) Giacomini | |authority=(F. Weber & D. Mohr) Giacomini | ||
| − | }}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym | + | |rank=species |
| + | }} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym | ||
|name=B. salebrosum var. capillaceum | |name=B. salebrosum var. capillaceum | ||
|authority=(F. Weber & D. Mohr) Lorentz | |authority=(F. Weber & D. Mohr) Lorentz | ||
| − | }}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym | + | |rank=variety |
| + | }} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym | ||
|name=Chamberlainia rotaeana | |name=Chamberlainia rotaeana | ||
| − | |authority= | + | |authority= |
| − | }}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym | + | |rank=species |
| + | }} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym | ||
|name=Hypnum salebrosum var. capillaceum | |name=Hypnum salebrosum var. capillaceum | ||
|authority=F. Weber & D. Mohr | |authority=F. Weber & D. Mohr | ||
| + | |rank=variety | ||
}} | }} | ||
|hierarchy=Brachytheciaceae;Brachythecium;Brachythecium rotaeanum | |hierarchy=Brachytheciaceae;Brachythecium;Brachythecium rotaeanum | ||
| Line 38: | Line 42: | ||
|elevation=low to high elevations (0-2900 m) | |elevation=low to high elevations (0-2900 m) | ||
|distribution=B.C.;N.B.;Ont.;Ala.;Alaska;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Eurasia. | |distribution=B.C.;N.B.;Ont.;Ala.;Alaska;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Eurasia. | ||
| − | |discussion=<p>Brachythecium rotaeanum belongs to the B. salebrosum complex; many collections have been identified in herbaria as B. salebrosum. H. Robinson (1962) separated this species from B. salebrosum mainly by the homogeneous basal cells, somewhat similar to those of B. laetum. This is closer to the circumscription accepted here, although the basal cells of B. rotaeanum, which are rather large, should probably not be considered very similar to those of B. laetum, which are small and opaque. When growing protected from direct light, B. rotaeanum has a green and slightly glaucous color, often useful for recognition of it in the field. This color is more similar to that of B. laetum than of B. salebrosum (dirty yellowish) or B. campestre (stramineous to somewhat whitish). In the southern states, there is also a problem with the separation of small plants of B. rotaeanum from depressed phenotypes of B. ruderale with only branch leaves that are ovate-lanceolate with homogeneous cells across the leaf base. However, even in such phenotypes of B. ruderale, it is possible to find stem leaves that are abruptly long-acuminate; in addition, the latter species is dioicous, while B. rotaeanum is autoicous.</p> | + | |discussion=<p><i>Brachythecium rotaeanum</i> belongs to the <i>B. salebrosum</i> complex; many collections have been identified in herbaria as <i>B. salebrosum</i>. H. Robinson (1962) separated this species from <i>B. salebrosum</i> mainly by the homogeneous basal cells, somewhat similar to those of <i>B. laetum</i>. This is closer to the circumscription accepted here, although the basal cells of <i>B. rotaeanum</i>, which are rather large, should probably not be considered very similar to those of <i>B. laetum</i>, which are small and opaque. When growing protected from direct light, <i>B. rotaeanum</i> has a green and slightly glaucous color, often useful for recognition of it in the field. This color is more similar to that of <i>B. laetum</i> than of <i>B. salebrosum</i> (dirty yellowish) or <i>B. campestre</i> (stramineous to somewhat whitish). In the southern states, there is also a problem with the separation of small plants of <i>B. rotaeanum</i> from depressed phenotypes of <i>B. ruderale</i> with only branch leaves that are ovate-lanceolate with homogeneous cells across the leaf base. However, even in such phenotypes of <i>B. ruderale</i>, it is possible to find stem leaves that are abruptly long-acuminate; in addition, the latter species is dioicous, while <i>B. rotaeanum</i> is autoicous.</p> |
|tables= | |tables= | ||
|references= | |references= | ||
| Line 47: | Line 51: | ||
-->{{#Taxon: | -->{{#Taxon: | ||
name=Brachythecium rotaeanum | name=Brachythecium rotaeanum | ||
| − | |||
|authority=De Notaris | |authority=De Notaris | ||
|rank=species | |rank=species | ||
| Line 60: | Line 63: | ||
|publication title=Comment. Soc. Crittog. Ital. | |publication title=Comment. Soc. Crittog. Ital. | ||
|publication year=1867 | |publication year=1867 | ||
| − | |special status= | + | |special status=Illustrated |
| − | |source xml=https:// | + | |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V28/V28_662.xml |
|genus=Brachythecium | |genus=Brachythecium | ||
|species=Brachythecium rotaeanum | |species=Brachythecium rotaeanum | ||
Latest revision as of 21:37, 5 November 2020
Plants medium-sized to moderately large, in loose to moderately dense mats, light green with somewhat bluish tinge, fading to yellowish green, then brownish stramineous. Stems to 7 cm, creeping but ascending from substrate, terete-foliate, irregularly branched, branches to 6 mm, straight to slightly curved, terete-foliate. Stem leaves erect to erect-appressed, imbricate, ovate-lanceolate, broadest at 1/10 leaf length, concave, not strongly plicate, plication variable in same plant, (1.7–)2–2.8 × 0.6–0.9 mm; base slightly narrowed, narrowly short-decurrent; margins plane or occasionally recurved at places, especially in transition to acumen and in leaf corners, almost entire to strongly serrate, dentition variable on same plant; apex gradually tapered or acuminate; costa to 60–75% leaf length, slender, terminal spine present or absent; alar cells subquadrate to short-rectangular, same size or smaller than basal cells, 12–20 × 10–12 µm, walls moderately thick, region indistinctly delimited, in several submarginal rows; laminal cells linear, 45–90(–120) × 6–10 µm; basal cells to 12–16(–19) µm wide, region in 5–8 rows, pellucid, markedly different from more distal cells. Branch leaves with margins usually strongly serrate. Sexual condition autoicous. Seta dark cherry red when young, red-brown with age, (1–)2.3 cm, smooth. Capsule occasionally inclined to horizontal and curved, cherry brown to very dark brown, elongate to subcylindric, straight proximally, somewhat curved distally, 1.8–2.3 mm; annulus separating by fragments; operculum long-conic, sometimes broadly short-rostrate. Spores 16–20 µm.
Habitat: Trees, bases and inclined trunks, fresh logs, soil, rock
Elevation: low to high elevations (0-2900 m)
Distribution
B.C., N.B., Ont., Ala., Alaska, Conn., Del., Fla., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mich., Minn., Mo., N.Mex., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, Tenn., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis., Eurasia.
Discussion
Brachythecium rotaeanum belongs to the B. salebrosum complex; many collections have been identified in herbaria as B. salebrosum. H. Robinson (1962) separated this species from B. salebrosum mainly by the homogeneous basal cells, somewhat similar to those of B. laetum. This is closer to the circumscription accepted here, although the basal cells of B. rotaeanum, which are rather large, should probably not be considered very similar to those of B. laetum, which are small and opaque. When growing protected from direct light, B. rotaeanum has a green and slightly glaucous color, often useful for recognition of it in the field. This color is more similar to that of B. laetum than of B. salebrosum (dirty yellowish) or B. campestre (stramineous to somewhat whitish). In the southern states, there is also a problem with the separation of small plants of B. rotaeanum from depressed phenotypes of B. ruderale with only branch leaves that are ovate-lanceolate with homogeneous cells across the leaf base. However, even in such phenotypes of B. ruderale, it is possible to find stem leaves that are abruptly long-acuminate; in addition, the latter species is dioicous, while B. rotaeanum is autoicous.
Selected References
None.