Zygodon viridissimus var. viridissimus
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 28. Treatment on page 81.
Plants to 1.5 cm, light green to olive green. Stem-leaves oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate; margins entire; apex short-apiculate. Specialized asexual reproduction by ovoid to elliptic gemmae, of 5–10 cells, longitudinal septa present, ± straight.
Habitat: Trunks of trees, conglomerate boulders
Elevation: low elevations
Distribution
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N.S., Que., Europe
Discussion
Variety viridissimus is distinguished by the entire leaf margins and gemmae with longitudinal septae.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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developed +
absent +
short-apiculate +
specialized +
short-acuminate;short-apiculate;short-acuminate;short-apiculate;acute +
decurrent +
simple +
many +
2-fid +
naked +
conspicuous +
hairy +
large +
8-ribbed +
emergent +
erect +
long-exserted +
immersed +
elliptic-oblong;fusiform +
not constricted +
5;10 +
papillose +
quadrate +
differentiated +
absent +
absent +
strong +
roundedquadrate;rounded-hexagonal +
small +
alternating +
hyaline +
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linear-lanceolate +
connate +
papillose +
lanceolate +
thick +
rectangular;elliptic +
differentiated +
connate +
occasional +
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uniform +
twisted +
crowded +
curved +
erect-appressed +
not rugose +
erect +
wavy +
involute +
not differentiated +
rudimentary +
rostrate;convex;conic +
thick +
clavate +
sometimes larger +
branching +
large +
absent +
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single +
dwarf +
male +
absent +
fragmentary +
Bryol. Univ. +
1826 +
straight +
longitudinal +
absent +
Illustrated +
twisted +
falcate-secund +
contorted +
erect +
oblong-lanceolate;lanceolate +
creeping +
2-fid +
developed +
superficial +
immersed +
Zygodon viridissimus var. viridissimus +
Zygodon viridissimus +
variety +
longitudinal +
specialized +
absent +
thick +
light green;olive green +
small +