Zygodon menziesii

(Schwagrichen) Arnott

Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 5(2): 233. 1827.

Basionym: Codonoblepharon menziesii Schwägrichen Sp. Musc. Frond. Suppl. 2(1,2): 142, plate 137 [left], figs. 1 – 16. 1824
Synonyms: Zygodon drummondii Taylor
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 28. Treatment on page 80. Mentioned on page 38, 79.

Plants 0.3–10 cm. Stem-leaves loosely incurved-twisted when dry, erect-spreading to spreading when moist, oblong, 1.2–1.8 mm; margins entire; apex acute, apiculus broad, short; costa ending near apex, abaxial surface covered by quadrate papillose cells at apex; basal laminal cells short-rectangular; distal cells 7–13 µm, smooth, walls somewhat thick. Specialized asexual reproduction by fusiform to elliptic gemmae, longitudinal walls absent. Sexual condition dioicous. Sporophytes unknown.


Habitat: Trees
Elevation: low elevations

Distribution

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Calif., s South America, Pacific Islands (New Zealand), Australia

Discussion

Zygodon menziesii is distinguished from all other species of Zygodon in the flora area by its smooth laminal cells. This species is retained in Zygodon, but it probably belongs in a separate genus, Codonoblepharon Schwägrichen. In the flora area, Z. menziesii is known only from the San Francisco area.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Zygodon menziesii"
papillose +
quadrate;acute +
Dale H. Vitt +
(Schwagrichen) Arnott +
decurrent +
Codonoblepharon menziesii +
erect +  and ascending +
conic +  and cucullate +
long-exserted +
elliptic-oblong;fusiform +
not constricted +
papillose +
quadrate +
differentiated +
excurrent +  and percurrent +
roundedquadrate;rounded-hexagonal +
Calif. +, s South America +, Pacific Islands (New Zealand) +  and Australia +
low elevations +
linear-lanceolate +
reflexed +, recurved +  and erect +
rectangular;elliptic +
connate +
occasional +
Trees +
incurved-twisted +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br />) +
erect-spreading +  and spreading +
erect-spreading +  and squarrose-recurved +
not rugose +
oblong-lanceolate +  and linear-lanceolate +
denticulate +, plane to revolute +  and plane +
synoicous +, autoicous +, dioicous +  and sexual +
not differentiated +
rostrate;convex;conic +
mammillose +  and smooth +
sometimes larger +
lateral +  and terminal +
Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris +
sinistrorse +, dextrorse +  and erect +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
erect +  and ascending +
superficial +
Zygodon drummondii +
Zygodon menziesii +
species +
specialized +
dioicous +  and sexual +
incrassate +
olive brown;reddish-brown;olive brown;reddish-brown;dark green +