familyMeesiaceae
genusAmblyodon
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Amblyodon
Mag. Encycl. 5: 323. 1804.
Etymology: Greek amblys, blunt, obtuse, and odon, tooth, alluding to peristome
Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
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Amblyodon dealbatus | Patricia M. Eckel |
Leaves loosely erect to erect-spreading, not 3-ranked, narrowly oblong; margins plane; laminal cells oblong-rhombic to oblong-hexagonal, surface not bulging, smooth, walls thin, lax; basal-cells same size as distal cells.
Distribution
North America, Europe, Asia
Discussion
Species 1.
Amblyodon is characteristically found in calcareous fens and meadows.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
... more about "Amblyodon"
acute;rounded-obtuse +
naked +
cucullate +
curved +
inclined +
clavate;pyriform +
strong +
single +
not 3-ranked +
loosely erect;erect-spreading +
oblong +
uniform +
not bordered +
plane +
long +
defined +
diplolepidous +
reduced +
Mag. Encycl. +
1804 +
long +
simple;sparsely branched +
erect;ascending +
not bulging +
Amblyodon +
Meesiaceae +
genus +
thin +