Pseudoleskea incurvata var. gigantea

(E. Lawton) H. A. Crum

Bryologist 67: 163. 1964.

Endemic
Basionym: Lescuraea incurvata var. gigantea E. Lawton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 84: 294, figs. 21 – 25. 1957
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 28. Treatment on page 358. Mentioned on page 357.

Plants large. Stems long, branches few or absent. Leaves distinctly falcate-secund, 1.5–2.5 mm; apex long-acuminate; medial laminal cells elliptic, corners rounded, usually longer than wide, prorulae indistinct.


Phenology: Capsules mature Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Mineral soil, soil over boulders and outcrops
Elevation: moderate to high elevations (600-2100 m)

Distribution

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B.C., Calif., Idaho, Oreg., Wash.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"subpercurrent" is not a number."shorter" is not a number."broad" is not a number.

curving +
long-acuminate +
dioicous +, sexual +  and asexual +
John R. Spence +
(E. Lawton) H. A. Crum +
adherent +  and free +
Lescuraea incurvata var. gigantea +
monopodial +  and branching +
spreading;erect +
flagelliform +
cucullate +
asymmetric-curved +
erect;suberect +
long-exserted +
cylindric +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
transversely elongate;quadrate +
rudimentary +
2 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
usually longer than wide +
orange-green +
specialized +
subpercurrent +
2/3 +  and single +
autoicous +, dioicous +  and sexual +
sinuate +
B.C. +, Calif. +, Idaho +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
moderate to high elevations (600-2100 m) +
striate +  and papillose +
Mineral soil, soil over boulders and outcrops +
falcate-secund +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
erect-spreading +, erect +  and appressed to somewhat +
dull +  and glossy +
falcate +, ovate +  and ovatelanceolate +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
pellucid +  and opaque +
isodiametric;elliptic +
branched +  and foliose +
Capsules mature Jun–Aug. +
stoloniferous +
peglike +  and linear +
slender-lanceolate;filiform +
curved +  and straight +
elongate +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
erect-spreading +
ovate +  and lanceolate +
slender +
differentiated +
Lescuraea incurvata +
Pseudoleskea incurvata var. gigantea +
Pseudoleskea incurvata +
variety +
incrassate +
black-green +, orange-green +, yellow-green +  and green +