Orthothecium rufescens

(Bridel) Schimper in P. Bruch and W. P. Schimper

in P. Bruch and W. P. Schimper, Bryol. Europ. 5: 107. 1851.

Basionym: Hypnum rufescens Bridel Muscol. Recent. 2(2): 95. 1801
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 28. Treatment on page 555. Mentioned on page 556.

Plants large, in mats, reddish to brownish. Stems 4–10 cm, 3 mm wide, erect or ascending, sparingly branched. Leaves ± appressed when dry, erect-spreading when moist, straight, linear-lanceolate, strongly plicate, 3 mm; base not decurrent; margins plane, entire; apex slenderly long-acuminate; ecostate; basal laminal cells shorter than medial cells, golden brown; medial cells linear, 65–85 × 4–5 µm. Specialized asexual reproduction absent. Sporophytes unknown.


Habitat: Moist tundra, soil, granite, limestone, schist
Elevation: low to high elevations (0-1700 m)

Distribution

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Greenland, N.W.T., Nunavut, Yukon, Alaska, Europe, Asia

Discussion

Orthothecium rufescens, like O. chryseum, is large and robust with distinctly plicate leaves, but can be distinguished by the reddish color and slenderly acuminate leaves.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Orthothecium rufescens"
3-seriate +  and 2-seriate +
long-acuminate +
Paul L. Redfearn Jr. +
(Bridel) Schimper in P. Bruch and W. P. Schimper +
not decurrent +
Hypnum rufescens +
erect;erect-spreading +
lanceolate +  and ovate +
cucullate +
flaring +, cylindric +  and subglobose +
symmetric to slightly +
constricted +
similar +  and pigmented +
rectangular +
enlarged +
differentiated +
rudimentary +
ecostate +  and obscure +
dioicous +  and sexual +
Greenland +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Europe +  and Asia +
low to high elevations (0-1700 m) +
fused +  and free +
filamentous +
Moist tundra, soil, granite, limestone, schist +
straight +
erect-spreading +
linear-lanceolate +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
recurved +  and incurved +
dioicous +, autoicous +  and sexual +
ovate-triangular;ovatelanceolate;ovate-triangular;ovatelanceolate;lanceolate +
in P. Bruch and W. P. Schimper, Bryol. Europ. +
papillose +  and smooth +
reddish +, purple +  and golden brown +
elongate +
asymmetric +, 2-pinnate +  and 1-pinnate +
falcate-secund +
straight +
ascending +  and erect +
lanceolate +  and ovate +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (?) +  and 10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (?) +
differentiated +
Holmgrenia +
Orthothecium rufescens +
Orthothecium +
species +
reddish +  and brownish +