familyPottiaceae
subfamilyPottiaceae subfam. Barbuloideae
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Pottiaceae subfam. Barbuloideae
Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 20(2): 612. 1933,.
Basionym: Pottiaceae tribe Barbuleae Herzog Geogr. Moose, 98. 1926
Plants green to tan. Stem central strand and sclerodermis usually present, hyalodermis rare. Leaves usually broadly lanceolate to narrowly elliptical, apex blunt to acute, margins recurved basally; distal laminal cells if 2-stratose stacked directly over one another, walls smooth or papillose, KOH yellow or red; costa with or without a differentiated abaxial epidermis; gemmae occasionally present, usually clavate. Peristome usually present.
Distribution
Nearly worldwide
Discussion
Genera 33 (16 in the flora).
Selected References
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differentiated +
revoluble +
deciduous +
differentiated +
usually slightly wider +
trabeculate +
absent +
usually ovate;oblong +
obovoid +
papillose +
specialized +
bulging +
flat to bulging +
thickened +
brownish +
absent +
absent +
2-stratose +
stacked +
9mm;16mm +
Nearly worldwide +
spiculose +
filiform +
differentiated +
multicellular +
absent +
common +
asexual +
absent +
rare +
absent +
contorted +
appressed +
spreading +
concave;keeled;channeled;ovoid;lanceolate or lingulate +
fragile +
bordered +
recurved +
plane +
involute +
absent +
short-conic;short-rostrate +
photosynthetic +
absent +
sheathing +
long-oval +
usually larger +
absent +
twisted +
absent +
Beih. Bot. Centralbl. +
straight +
oblique +
1;2 +
absent +
twisted +
elongate +
laminal +
larger +
branching +
sheathing +
absent +
Pottiaceae subfam. Barbuloideae +
Pottiaceae +
subfamily +
ovoid;cylindric +
green;tan +
occasionally smaller than the perichaetiate +