Didymodon perobtusus

Brotherus

Rev. Bryol. 56: 1. 1928,.

Synonyms: Barbula perobtusa (Brotherus) P. C. Chen
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 27. Treatment on page 549. Mentioned on page 541, 542, 548.

Plants usually green, red or dark-brown. Stems to 0.6 cm, central strand present. Stem-leaves appressed-incurved when dry, weakly spreading and not keeled when moist, monomorphic, ovatelanceolate, broadly concave adaxially across leaf, usually 0.7–1.2 mm, base weakly differentiated in shape, ovate, margins weakly recurved at mid leaf, minutely crenulate, apex rounded-acute, often weakly cucullate; costa ending (2–) 4–6 cells below the apex, not strongly spurred, little tapering, without an adaxial pad of cells, adaxial costal cells quadrate or short to long-rectangular, 2 cells wide at mid leaf often grading to 4 proximally, guide cells in 1 layer; basal laminal cells differentiated medially, walls thin or thick, quadrate to rectangular, not perforated; distal laminal cells 9–11 wide, 1: 1, papillae absent visible or low, simple, 1 over each lumen, lumens subquadrate to irregular, walls evenly thickened, weakly convex on both sides of lamina, 1-stratose. Specialized asexual reproduction by mostly unicellular gemmae in leaf-axils. Sexual condition only perichaetial plants seen. Sporophytes unknown. Distal laminal KOH reaction red.


Habitat: Calcareous rock or soil, bluffs, often near waterfalls
Elevation: low to high elevations (100-3000 m)

Discussion

Didymodon perobtusus is an extremely rare species known in the flora area from only two stations: Northwest Territories, Mackenzie District, Nahanni National Park, Virginia Falls, Scotter 22433 (NY); and Yukon, Firth River basin, near mouth of Mancha Creek, 68°40’N, 141°W, Sharp MC-58152a pro parte, 1958 (NY). It has several characters in common with D. revolutus of the southwestern United States and Mexico, including leaf and laminal papillae shape and unicellular gemmae borne in dense axillary clusters; however, D. revolutus differs by the strongly recurved to revolute margins, leaf cells with thin, light yellow walls, and gemmiferous plants uncommon, the propagula all unicellular. Both North American collections seen were from stations at which D. subandreaeoides is also present, growing in separate or occasionally confluent cushions. The taxonomic position of D. perobtusus is not clear. It is here placed near D. subandreaeoides because of dark, reddish color and similarity of areolation and laminal papillae. It may, however, turn out to be related to D. tophaceus, with which it has a certain resemblance.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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quadrate +  and elongate +
long-rectangular +  and quadrate +
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 +
cucullate +  and rounded-acute +
Richard H. Zander +
Brotherus +
weak +  and strong +
ovate +  and crescent--shaped +
papillose +  and smooth +
usually slightly wider +
ovate;differentiated +
differentiated +
Pottiaceae tribe Barbuleae +
obovoid +
cucullate +
stegocarpous +
monoicous +, dioicous +  and sexual +
flat to bulging +
thin;thick +
4 +  and 6 +
hexagonal +
tomentose +  and bare +
tapering +
quadrate +  and rectangular +
occasionally weakly dentate or crenulate +  and entire +
subquadrate;hexagonal or rounded-angular occasionally shortly rectangular or rhomboid +
N.W.T. +, Yukon +  and e Asia +
low to high elevations (100-3000 m) +
differentiated +
occasional +
Calcareous rock or soil, bluffs, often near waterfalls +
yellow +  and orange-red or red +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
spreading +  and appressed-incurved +
concave;ovatelanceolate;keeled +
spreading +  and strongly reflexed +
ovate +, keeled +  and curled +
reduced +
specialized +
dioicous +  and sexual +
subquadrate +
dentate +  and entire +
crenulate +
short-conic;long-conic +
photosynthetic +
lateral +  and terminal +
lateral +  and terminal +
twisted +, cleft +  and perforated +
red +, orange +  and yellow +
oblong +  and linear or long-triangular +
1 (?) +  and 2 (?) +
Rev. Bryol. +
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 /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Barbula perobtusa +
Didymodon perobtusus +
Didymodon +
species +
elliptic;cylindric +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
rudimentary +
1-stratose +  and not perforated +
red +  and yellow +
specialized +
convex +, quadrate +  and rectangular +
thick +  and thin +
stemless +  and perigoniate +
dark-brown;red;green +