Herpetineuron toccoae

(Sullivant & Lesquereux) Cardot

Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 19(2): 127. 1905.

Illustrated
Basionym: Anomodon toccoae Sullivant & Lesquereux in W. S. Sullivant, Musc. Hepat. U.S., 240. 1856
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 28. Treatment on page 636.

Stems (1–) 2–4 cm, (0.2–) 0.9–1.3 mm thick, terete-foliate when dry, branching pattern often of several orders of successive branching, in stepwise fashion. Branch leaves involute in tubular fashion when dry, 1.8–2.8 × 0.5–1.2 mm; base broadly decurrent; marginal teeth of 1–several cells; costa sinuous in distal 1/3. Perichaetia on youngest branches, leaves 1.5–2.2 mm, apex subulate, subula flexuose, often somewhat crispate, laminal cells smooth throughout. [Capsule urn (1.7–)2–2.8 mm; stomata at base; annulus well differentiated; exostome teeth 0.5 mm; endostome segments 0.2–0.3 mm. Spores densely papillose]


Habitat: Tree bases, rock, temperate deciduous forests
Elevation: m oderate elevations

Distribution

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Ala., Ariz., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ky., La., Miss., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Mexico, West Indies (Dominican Republic), Central America (El Salvador), Central America (Guatemala), Central America (Honduras), Central America (Nicaragua), South America (e Brazil), e, se Asia, w, s Africa (South Africa), s Africa (Tanzania), Pacific Islands (New Caledonia), Pacific Islands (Papua New Guinea)

Discussion

No sporophytes have been found in the flora area; the description is based on sporophytes from China and Japan.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Herpetineuron toccoae"
subulate +
Íñigo Granzow-de la Cerda +
(Sullivant & Lesquereux) Cardot +
decurrent +
Anomodon toccoae +
erect +  and incurved +
dioicous +  and sexual +
tapered +, ovatelanceolate +  and complanate +
1 +  and several +
not 2-fid +
not obscured +
Ala. +, Ariz. +, Ark. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ky. +, La. +, Miss. +, N.C. +, Okla. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Mexico +, West Indies (Dominican Republic) +, Central America (El Salvador) +, Central America (Guatemala) +, Central America (Honduras) +, Central America (Nicaragua) +, South America (e Brazil) +, e +, se Asia +, w +, s Africa (South Africa) +, s Africa (Tanzania) +, Pacific Islands (New Caledonia) +  and Pacific Islands (Papua New Guinea) +
m oderate elevations +
whitish yellow;pale-brown +
papillose +  and striolate +
0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (0.28 cm2.8 mm <br />0.0028 m <br />) +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
Tree bases, rock, temperate deciduous forests +
slightly longer than wide +
not 2-fid +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br />) +
conic;obliquely short-rostrate +
Beih. Bot. Centralbl. +
dark;light reddish or brown +
flexuose +
Illustrated +
scale-like +
branching +  and terete-foliate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
attenuate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br /> (0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br />) +
differentiated +
Herpetineuron toccoae +
Herpetineuron +
species +
yellowish-brown +, dark green +  and green +