Tetraphis geniculata

Milde

Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 23: 155. 1865,.

Synonyms: Georgia geniculata (Milde) Brockmüller
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 27. Treatment on page 112. Mentioned on page 113.

Specialized asexual structures often present. Seta 7–17 mm, erect, geniculate, cells smooth and spiraled below the bend, cells straight and papillose by projecting cell ends above the bend, twisted when dry. Spores 13–16 µm.


Phenology: Capsules mature spring–early summer, rare.
Habitat: Well decayed wood, stumps, logs, rarely on rock, sea level to subalpine

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.S., P.E.I., Que., Yukon, Alaska, Idaho, Maine, N.H., N.Y., Oreg., Wash., e Asia (Russian Far East)

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Tetraphis geniculata"
Judith A. Harpel +
autoicous +  and sexual +
rounded +
straight +
papillose +
oblong-rhomboid +  and rounded-hexagonal +
naked +, plicate +  and smooth +
brown;reddish-brown +
cylindric +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
subpercurrent +
acute +  and acuminate +
Alta. +, B.C. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.S. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Idaho +, Maine +, N.H. +, N.Y. +, Oreg. +, Wash. +  and e Asia (Russian Far East) +
perpendicular +
Well decayed wood, stumps, logs, rarely on rock, sea level to subalpine +
rounded-hexagonal +
ecostate +  and costate +
variable +  and keeled +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
fertile +  and sterile +
long-acuminate +  and lanceolate +
Capsules mature spring–early summer, rare. +
Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) +
papillose +
geniculate +
straight +
papillose +  and smooth +
geniculate +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
green;yellowish +
spheric +
foliate +  and naked +
rounded +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Georgia geniculata +
Tetraphis geniculata +
Tetraphis +
species +
multicellular +  and unsegmented +
Single (?) +  and 4 (?) +
triangular +
reddish-brown +  and green +