View source for Alsia ← Alsia You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Alsia |accepted_authority=Sullivant |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts |place=3: 184. 1855 |year=1855 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Leptodontaceae;Alsia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Leptodontaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Alsia]]</div></div> |etymology=Anagram of generic name Lasia (now Forsstroemia), alluding to similarity |volume=Volume 28 |mention_page=page 584, 590, 623, 624, 646 |treatment_page=page 627 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Secondary </b>stems pinnate and frondiform distally; paraphyllia present; pseudoparaphyllia dissected-lanceolate to subfoliose. <b>Stem</b> leaves loosely imbricate when dry, spreading when moist, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate; margins strongly recurved at base, plane at apex, entire or sometimes weakly serrulate at apex; apex acute to acuminate; costa variable on same plant, weak and almost ecostate, double and short, or strong and disappearing mid leaf; alar region filling basal angles, extending up margins to 1/2 leaf length; medial laminal cells oval-oblong. <b>Branch</b> leaves smaller, narrower. <b>Sexual</b> condition dioicous; perichaetial leaf apex filiform-acuminate. <b>Seta</b> 3–5 mm. <b>Capsule</b> erect-symmetric or nearly so, barely exserted beyond perichaetial leaves, oblong-cylindric; stomata basal, sunken; operculum oblique-rostrate; exostome teeth free, broadly subulate, punctulate-scabrous; endostome well developed. <b>Calyptra</b> naked. <b>Spores</b> 20 µm, light brown.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=w North America;nw Mexico. |discussion=<p>Species 1.</p><!-- --><p>Alsia is strikingly similar to Forsstroemia trichomitria, but the two taxa are completely distinct geographically. Alsia is endemic to the west coast of North America, while F. trichomitria is broadly distributed in eastern North America, occurring no further west than Oklahoma. The stems of Alsia are densely invested with paraphyllia, while paraphyllia are absent in F. trichomitria.</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=manuel1974a |text=Manuel, M. G. 1974. A revised classification of the Leucodontaceae and a revision of the subfamily Alsioideae. Bryologist 77: 531–550. }} }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Alsia |author=Clayton C. Newberry |authority=Sullivant |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Leptodontaceae |distribution=w North America;nw Mexico. |reference=manuel1974a |publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts |publication year=1855 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V28/V28_985.xml |genus=Alsia }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Leptodontaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Leptodontaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Alsia.