Didymodon maximus

(Syed & Crundwell) M. O. Hill

J. Bryol. 11: 599. 1982,.

Basionym: Barbula maxima Syed & Crundwell J. Bryol. 7: 527. 1974,
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 27. Treatment on page 558. Mentioned on page 541, 557, 560.

Plants green to redbrown. Stems often more than 3 cm, central strand present. Stem-leaves appressed when dry, strongly recurved and keeled when moist, monomorphic, ovate-triangular, adaxially grooved along costa, 2–2.5 mm, base scarcely differentiated in shape to ovate, margins nearly plane to recurved at mid leaf, entire, apex broadly acute; costa percurrent to short-excurrent, not fragile, weakly tapering, widened pad of cells absent, adaxial costal cells elongate, 2–3 cells wide at mid leaf, guide cells in 1 layer; basal laminal cells differentiated medially, rectangular, walls thickened and often porose; distal laminal cells 13–15 µm wide, 1: 1, papillae usually present, simple, often large, 1–3 centered over lumens, lumens angular, walls irregularly thickened and often trigonous but trigones smaller than lumens, convex on both sides, 1-stratose. Specialized asexual reproduction absent. Sexual condition sterile in range of flora. Sporophytes unknown. Distal laminal KOH reaction dark red.


Habitat: Cliffs, outcrops, canyons, limestone, tundra meadow
Elevation: low to moderate elevations (20-1300 m)

Discussion

Didymodon maximus is rare and apparently disjunctive to the western British Isles (W. C. Steere and G. W. Scotter 1978).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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quadrate +  and elongate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
channeled +, concave +  and long-triangular +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
of 1-2 rows +  and differentiated +
long-excurrent +  and short-excurrent +
Richard H. Zander +
(Syed & Crundwell) M. O. Hill +
weak +  and strong +
ovate +  and crescent--shaped +
papillose +  and smooth +
usually slightly wider +
ovate;differentiated +
differentiated +
Barbula maxima +
obovoid +
cucullate +
stegocarpous +
monoicous +, dioicous +  and sexual +
flat to bulging +
thin;thick +
1 +  and 10 +
hexagonal +
tomentose +  and bare +
percurrent +  and short-excurrent +
not fragile +
tapering +
quadrate +  and rectangular +
occasionally weakly dentate or crenulate +  and entire +
subquadrate;hexagonal or rounded-angular occasionally shortly rectangular or rhomboid +
Nunavut +, Alaska +  and w Europe +
low to moderate elevations (20-1300 m) +
differentiated +
multicellular +
occasional +
Cliffs, outcrops, canyons, limestone, tundra meadow +
yellow +  and orange-red or red +
grooved +  and monomorphic +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
ovate-triangular;keeled +
spreading +  and strongly reflexed +
ovate +, keeled +  and curled +
reduced +
specialized +
dioicous +  and sexual +
occasionally trigonous +  and weakly strongly convex +
short-conic;long-conic +
photosynthetic +
widened +
1 +  and 3 +
lateral +  and terminal +
lateral +  and terminal +
twisted +, cleft +  and perforated +
red +, orange +  and yellow +
oblong +  and linear or long-triangular +
1 (?) +  and 2 (?) +
straight +
yellowish;reddish-brown +
elongate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
2 +  and 1 +
yellow +, red-orange +, red +  and laminal +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
rounded-triangular +  and rounded-pentagonal +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
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Didymodon maximus +
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species +
elliptic;cylindric +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
rudimentary +
sexual +  and asexual +
red +  and yellow +
trigonous +
stemless +  and perigoniate +