Tetrodontium brownianum var. ovatum
Taxon 9: 52. 1960,.
Basionym: Tetraphis ovata Hedwig Bot. Taschenb. Anfänger Wiss. Apothekerkunst 13: 41. 1802
Synonyms: Tetraphis rigida (Funck) Schwägrichen Tetrodontium ovatum
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 27. Treatment on page 115.
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.
Phenology: Capsules rare to very rare, mature late summer.
Habitat: Often growing inverted under rock ledges or in crevices, especially in areas of high humidity, sometimes mixed in with other bryophytes, in North America predominantly coastal
Distribution
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B.C., N.B., P.E.I., Maine, c Europe
Discussion
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absent +
acute +
large +
elongate +
yellowish +
mitrate +
straight +
exserted +
single +
scattered +
gregarious +
weak +
absent +
single +
perpendicular +
mucronate +
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Often growing inverted under rock ledges or in crevices, especially in areas of high humidity, sometimes mixed in with other bryophytes, in North America predominantly coastal +
3-ranked +
appressed +
absent +
0mm;2.5mm +
apiculate +
conic +
scattered +
mucronate +
persistent +
absent +
ovate-lingulate +
perpendicular +
persistent +
Taxon +
1824 +
twisted +
straight +
flagelliform +
0.2cm;0.5cm +
green;yellowish +
spheric +
obtuse +
erect +
few +
specialized +
absent +
asexual +
Tetrodontium brownianum var. ovatum +
Tetrodontium brownianum +
variety +
triangular +
dense +
sexual +
small +