Claopodium whippleanum

(Sullivant) Renauld & Cardot

Rev. Bryol. 20: 16. 1893.

Illustrated
Basionym: Hypnum whippleanum Sullivant in War Department [U.S.], Pacif. Railr. Rep. 4(2, pap. 5): 190, plate 9. 1857
Synonyms: Claopodium whippleanum var. leuconeuron (Sullivant & Lesquereux) Grout
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 28. Treatment on page 343. Mentioned on page 342.

Plants to 4 cm, in mats, dark green to yellowish-brown. Stems irregularly pinnate, smooth; paraphyllia absent. Leaves ovatelanceolate to lanceolate, to 1 mm; margins serrate, limbidium absent; apex gradually tapering to narrow point, hairpoint absent; costa ending before apex, abaxial surface smooth; distal medial laminal cells linear-rhomboidal, 9–15 µm, 1-papillose. Seta to 1 cm, rough. Capsule horizontal, oblong-oval, 2–3 mm; operculum broadly conic, short-rostrate. Spores 9–12 µm, smooth.


Habitat: Exposed soil, soil over rock, logs, tree roots
Elevation: low to moderate elevations

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Ariz., Calif., Nev., Oreg., Wash., Mexico (Baja California [Guadalupe Island: Ensenada]), Europe (Portugal), Pacific Islands (Hawaii)

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"broad" is not a number.

... more about "Claopodium whippleanum"
tapering +
Judith A. Harpel +
(Sullivant) Renauld & Cardot +
adherent +  and free +
Hypnum whippleanum +
monopodial +  and branching +
spreading;erect +
flagelliform +
cucullate +
asymmetric-curved +
long-exserted +
oblong-oval +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
papillose +  and smooth +
isodiametric;transversely elongate +
not differentiated +
rudimentary +
excurrent +  and percurrent +
straight +
specialized +
autoicous +, dioicous +  and sexual +
sinuate +  and 2-fid +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Ariz. +, Calif. +, Nev. +, Oreg. +, Wash. +, Mexico (Baja California [Guadalupe Island: Ensenada]) +, Europe (Portugal) +  and Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +
low to moderate elevations +
cross striate-papillose +
Exposed soil, soil over rock, logs, tree roots +
ovatelanceolate +  and lanceolate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
short-rostrate +  and conic +
branched +  and unbranched +
squamiform +  and scale-like +
stoloniferous +
peglike +  and linear +
Rev. Bryol. +
keeled;linear +
curved +  and straight +
elongate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Illustrated +
asymmetric +  and symmetric +
spreading;erect;incurved +
lanceolate +, ovatelanceolate +, ovate +  and crisped +
unbranched +  and branched +
slender +
differentiated +
Claopodium whippleanum var. leuconeuron +
Claopodium whippleanum +
Claopodium +
species +
specialized +
dioicous +, sexual +  and asexual +
dark green +  and yellowish-brown +
small;medium-sized +