Bucklandiella brevipes

(Kindberg) Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra in R. Ochyra et al.

in R. Ochyra et al., Cens. Cat. Polish Mosses, 144. 2003,.

Basionym: Racomitrium brevipes Kindberg Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 17: 272. 1890
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 27. Treatment on page 281. Mentioned on page 269.

Plants large and coarse, rigid, in loose tufts or mats, olive green and often grayish distally, brownish proximally. Stems 3–5 (–7) cm, curved-ascending to erect, sparsely irregularly to subpinnately branched. Leaves erect-appressed when dry, erect-patent when moist, straight to falcate, rigid and somewhat fragile, 2.5–3 (–3.5) × 0.5–0.9 mm; margins broadly recurved on one side throughout, narrowly recurved on the other side to the apex or somewhat proximally, variously 2-stratose in 1–2 cell rows in the distal half, sometimes with 1-stratose patches; piliferous, awns hyaline erect-recurved, stout and broad, not flexuose, 0.4–1.1 mm, sharply denticulate at the margins and strongly spinulose on the abaxial side, moderately decurrent; costa percurrent, very strong, prominently convex but flattened abaxially, canaliculate adaxially, (90–) 100–120 (–135) µm wide in the base, (60–) 70–90 (–100) µm wide near the apex, 3-stratose with 6–9 large adaxial cells in the basal and middle parts, 2-stratose near the apex with 5–8 adaxial cells; laminal cells 1-stratose, conspicuously pseudopapillose, strongly sinuose-nodulose; basal laminal cells elongate, 15–30 (–50) × 9–14 µm; alar cells slightly differentiated, sometimes forming a small yellowish group; basal marginal border undifferentiated or composed of 10–12 slightly sinuose, thick-walled, not hyaline cells; medial and distal laminal irregularly isodiametric to short-rectangular, oblate at the margins, 7–20 × 7–10 (–16) µm. Inner perichaetial leaves ovatelanceolate, pilose, with distal chlorophyllose part and hyaline areolation. Seta brown 2.5–5.5 cm. Capsule brown, obloid-cylindric, 1.3–1.9 × 0.6 mm, wrinkled when dry; peristome teeth 230–470 µm, yellowbrown, irregularly papillose, irregularly cleft into 2–3 prongs, sometimes only perforated along the median line or undivided, arising from a low basal membrane, 10–15 µm high. Spores 14–17 µm.


Habitat: Dry and exposed acidic rocks in the mountains, rarely descending to near sea level
Elevation: low to high elevations (20-2700 m)

Discussion

Bucklandiella brevipes is stenotypic, well-characterized by its canaliculate and very robust costa that is 100–120 µm wide near the base with 6–9 enlarged adaxial cells, very stout, broad and decurrent awns, and coarsely denticulate, spinulose, and prominently pseudopapillose laminal cells. It cannot be mistaken for any local species of the genus. Bucklandiella occidentalis has a weaker costa, 70–90 µm wide basally, which is distinctly asymmetric on the abaxial side with low wings and furrows, narrower and non-decurrent awns, and smooth laminal cells. Bucklandiella macounii is muticous or has very short, yellowish hair-points, very robust, 4-stratose, terete costae, and not or only slightly pseudopapillose laminal cells. Bucklandiella brevipes has been considered as a form of B. sudetica (E. Lawton 1972), as both species share a consistently 2-stratose leaf margin and short and pseudopapillose distal leaf cells. However, the latter has a narrower costa, 60–90 µm wide near the base, which is terete in outline, not flattened. Bucklandiella heterosticha has a similarly broad costa but it differs at once from B. brevipes in its 1-stratose leaf margins, not or slightly pseudopapillose leaf cells, and much less spinulose awns.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Bucklandiella brevipes"
hyaline +  and yellowish hyaline +
papillose +
long-piliferous +, crenulate +, obtuse +  and acute +
Ryszard Ochyra +  and Halina Bednarek-Ochyra +
(Kindberg) Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra in R. Ochyra et al. +
not flexuose +
erect-recurved +
both +  and papillose +
decurrent +  and denticulate +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.11 cm1.1 mm <br />0.0011 m <br />) +
nodulose;oblate;quadrate;elongate +
thick-walled +  and nodulose-porose +
rectangular;linear +
composed of 10-12 slightly sinuose , thick-walled , not hyaline cells +  and undifferentiated +
divided +
70um +  and 90um +
Racomitrium brevipes +
undifferentiated +
0 +  and 1/2 +
4-5-lobed +
small;large +
sulcate +  and smooth +
0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> (0.19 cm1.9 mm <br />0.0019 m <br />) +
striate +  and smooth +
obloid-cylindric +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (?) +
undifferentiated +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
differentiated +
subpercurrent +
papillose +  and smooth +
canaliculate +, flattened +  and convex +
100um +  and 120um +
B.C. +, Alaska +  and Wash. +
low to high elevations (20-2700 m) +
sinuose-nodulose +
subquadrate +  and oblong +
Dry and exposed acidic rocks in the mountains, rarely descending to near sea level +
pseudopapillose +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
thick-walled +  and sinuose +
dioicous +  and sexual +
straight +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
erect-patent +
falcate +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br />) +
1-stratose;variously multistratose +
oblate +, irregularly isodiametric +  and short-rectangular +
7um +  and 10um +
extensive +
indistinct +
long-rostellate;conic-rostrate +
not +  and differentiated +
lanceolate;linear +
2-fid +, lanceolate +  and triangular +
2 +  and 3 +
terete +  and filiform +
in R. Ochyra et al., Cens. Cat. Polish Mosses, +
arcuate +  and straight +
papillose +  and smooth +
short to long +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (5.5 cm55 mm <br />0.055 m <br />) +
0 +  and 1/2-3/4 +
ornamented +  and smooth +
spheric +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
creeping +  and decumbent +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (13 cm130 mm <br />0.13 m <br />) +
curved-ascending +  and erect +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
Dryptodon subg. Ellipticodryptodon +, Racomitrium sect. Ellipticodryptodon +, Racomitrium subg. Ellipticodryptodon +  and Racomitrium subg. Microcarpa +
Bucklandiella brevipes +
Bucklandiella sect. Sudeticae +
species +
compact +  and loose +
flexuose +  and straight +
thin +  and thick +
brownish;olive green and often grayish +