Difference between revisions of "Palamocladium leskeoides"

(Hooker) E. Britton

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 673. 1914.

Illustrated
Basionym: Hookeria leskeoides Hooker Musci Exot. 1: plate 55. 1818
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 28. Treatment on page 451.
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Latest revision as of 21:37, 5 November 2020

Plants rigid, somewhat glossy. Stems 3–7 cm, branches to 10 mm, spreading. Stem leaves 2.3–3 × 0.8–1 mm; base abruptly rounded to insertion; marginal teeth partly recurved; costa 90–100% leaf length; alar cells 6–10 × 7–11 µm, region opaque, ± clearly delimited, extending almost to margins; laminal cells 35–65 × 5 µm, walls moderately porose; basal juxtacostal cells 9–11 µm wide, more distal juxtacostal cells elongate, in 2–4 rows, walls strongly pitted; cells in acumen rhombic. Sporophytes unknown in North America.


Habitat: Limestone cliffs, boulders
Elevation: low to moderate elevations (0-900 m)

Distribution

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Ga., N.C., Okla., Tenn., Tex., W.Va., Mexico, Central America, South America.

Discussion

H. Hofmann (1997b) considered Palamocladium leskeoides to have a pantropical distribution, but specimens of Palamocladium from Asia and Africa differ somewhat from the American ones.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.