familyCryphaeaceae
genusSchoenobryum
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Schoenobryum
Musc. Frond. Ined. Archip. Ind. 6: 183, plate 60. 1848.
Etymology: Greek schoinos, rope, and bryon, moss, alluding to appearance of stems, particularly when dry
| Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
|---|---|---|
 | Schoenobryum concavifolium | Patricia M. Eckel |
Plants small, brownish, sometimes with reddish tinge. Stems with secondary stems ascending, branches elongate [usually short], irregularly branched; paraphyllia and pseudoparaphyllia absent. Leaves tightly imbricate when dry, widespreading when moist; margins plane [to revolute]; medial laminal cells smooth to prorulose. Sexual condition autoicous; perichaetia terminal, inner leaves awned, awns nearly smooth to denticulate. Seta very short. Capsule immersed; peristome single; exostome teeth narrowly triangular. Calyptra conic, mostly smooth, somewhat papillose distally.
Distribution
Nearly worldwide, except Pacific Islands, tropical and subtropical regions
Discussion
Species ca. 24 (1 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
... more about "Schoenobryum"
revoluble +
acute +
branched +
spreading;pendent +
elongate +
short;elongate +
papillose +
conic +
symmetric +
erect +
exserted +
immersed +
rounded;quadrate +
absent +
single +
rudimentary +
Greek schoinos, rope, and bryon, moss, alluding to appearance of stems, particularly when dry +
papillose +
triangular +
imbricate +
widespreading +
inserted +
plane +
rhomboidal;fusiform +
conic-rostrate;obliquely rostrate +
absent +
gemmiform +
axillary +
gemmiform +
single +
absent +
Musc. Frond. Ined. Archip. Ind. +
1848 +
not branched +
ascending +
absent +
single +
spheric +
proximal +
few +
Schoenobryum +
Cryphaeaceae +
genus +
brownish +
small +