Bartramia potosica

Montagne

Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 9: 56. 1838.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 28. Treatment on page 104. Mentioned on page 102, 105.

Plants in dense tufts, glaucous or yellowish green. Stems 0.5–4 cm. Leaves erect-appressed to laxly erect when dry, erect-spreading to spreading recurved or somewhat secund when moist, narrowly lanceolate, 3–8 mm; base sheathing, shoulders well developed, delicate, often eroded; margins plane or weakly revolute, serrulate distally, teeth paired; apex acuminate, subulate, fragile, frequently broken; costa excurrent, prominent in distal limb, distal abaxial surface rough; basal laminal cell-walls thin; distal cells 10–25 × 5–6 µm, prorulae high. Sexual condition apparently dioicous. Sporophytes unknown.


Habitat: Cliff crevices, thin soil on canyon ledges, base of boulders
Elevation: high elevations (2000-3300 m)

Distribution

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Ariz., Colo., N.Mex., N.Dak., Mexico, Central America, South America

Discussion

Bartramia potosica is identified by its fragile leaf apices and delicate, often eroded, shoulders. While most fertile collections from south of the flora area are dioicous, S. Fransén (1995) has encountered several synoicous plants from Mexico and Guatemala which he recognizes as B. potosica subsp. synoica Fransén. Gametangia have yet to be found on plants from the flora area.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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obscure +  and prominent +
not distinct +
subulate +  and acuminate +
Dana G. Griffin III +
Montagne +
enlarged +
cucullate +
erect +  and inclined +
pyriform +, ovoid +, globose +  and subglobose +
appendiculate +
rudimentary +
subpercurrent +
dioicous +  and sexual +
subquadrate;oblong-linear +
Ariz. +, Colo. +, N.Mex. +, N.Dak. +, Mexico +, Central America +  and South America +
high elevations (2000-3300 m) +
papillose +  and smooth +
Cliff crevices, thin soil on canyon ledges, base of boulders +
smooth +, papillose +  and mammillose +
flexuose +
recurved;erect-spreading;spreading +
lanceolate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
revolute +  and plane +
convex +  and conic +
clavate +  and filiform +
Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. +
papillose +
distinct +
curved +  and straight +
elongate +
reniform;subspheric +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Bartramia potosica +
Bartramia +
species +
intermediate +
specialized +
synoicous +, autoicous +, dioicous +, sexual +  and asexual +
enlarged +
differentiated +