Leptobryum pyriforme

(Hedwig) Wilson

Bryol. Brit., 219. 1855.

Selected by author to be illustrated
Basionym: Webera pyriformis Hedwig
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 28. Treatment on page 31. Mentioned on page 10.
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Plants 0.5–1.5(–6) cm. Stem leaves flexuose when dry, erect to wide-spreading when moist, lanceolate proximally, abruptly long-linear distally, to 4–5 mm; base elliptic, not decurrent; margins entire or sometimes denticulate near apex; apex narrowly acuminate; costa wide, ending in apex; laminal cells clear. Specialized asexual reproduction by red, rounded brood bodies in leaf axils or on rhizoids. Sexual condition synoicous, occasionally apparently dioicous. Seta 1–4.5 cm. Capsule 1.5–2.5 mm. Spores 9–13 µm.


Habitat: Soil, wood, rock, disturbed habitats, greenhouses
Elevation: low to high elevations

Distribution

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Greenland, Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., N.S., Nunavut, Ont., Que., Sask., Yukon, Ala., Alaska, Ariz., Ark., Calif., Colo., Conn., Del., D.C., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.H., N.J., N.Mex., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, Oreg., Pa., R.I., S.Dak., Tenn., Utah, Vt., Va., Wash., W.Va., Wis., Wyo., Mexico, West Indies (Haiti), Central America (Guatemala), South America, Eurasia, Pacific Islands (New Guinea, New Zealand), Australia (Tasmania).

Discussion

Leptobryum pyriforme is distinguished by its disturbed, often ruderal habitat, long-linear flexuose leaves that are much longer distally than proximally, and nodding, pyriform capsules.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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low to high elevations +
Soil, wood, rock, disturbed habitats, greenhouses +
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Selected by author to be illustrated +
Leptobryum pyriforme +
Leptobryum +
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