familyPterigynandraceae
genusIwatsukiella
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Iwatsukiella
J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 44: 351. 1978.
Etymology: For Zennoske Iwatsuki, b. 1929, Japanese bryologist, and Latin -ella, diminutive
| Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
|---|---|---|
 | Iwatsukiella leucotricha | Patricia M. Eckel |
Plants in prostrate mats, yellowish. Stems freely branched; paraphyllia absent. Leaves appressed, imbricate, suborbicular to ovatelanceolate; margins plane to recurved, entire; apex long-piliferous; ecostate or occasionally costa double, short; alar cells not differentiated; medial laminal cells rhombic to elliptic, smooth, walls thick. Capsule erect, oblong-cylindric, symmetric.
Distribution
nw North America, Europe, Asia
Discussion
Species 1.
Sporophytes of Iwatsukiella are rare in North America.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
... more about "Iwatsukiella"
long-piliferous +
symmetric +
erect +
oblong-cylindric +
not differentiated +
single +
2-fid +
imbricate +
appressed +
erect;erect-spreading or occasionally squarrose +
recurved +
plane +
prostrate +
absent +
foliose +
J. Hattori Bot. Lab. +
1978 +
often somewhat larger +
branched +
erect;more or less creeping +
Iwatsukiella +
Pterigynandraceae +
genus +
thick +
wiry +
yellowish +
small +