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

Discussion

Variety viridissimus is distinguished by the entire leaf margins and gemmae with longitudinal septae.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"entire" is not a number.

specialized +
short-acuminate;short-apiculate;short-acuminate;short-apiculate;acute +
Dale H. Vitt +
(Dickson) Bridel +
decurrent +
Bryum viridissimum +
erect +  and ascending +
conic +  and cucullate +
long-exserted +
elliptic-oblong;fusiform +
not constricted +
papillose +
quadrate +
differentiated +
excurrent +  and percurrent +
roundedquadrate;rounded-hexagonal +
N.S. +, Que. +  and Europe +
low elevations +
linear-lanceolate +
reflexed +, recurved +  and erect +
rectangular;elliptic +
connate +
occasional +
Trunks of trees, conglomerate boulders +
erect-spreading +  and squarrose-recurved +
not rugose +
oblong-lanceolate +  and linear-lanceolate +
synoicous +, autoicous +, dioicous +  and sexual +
not differentiated +
rostrate;convex;conic +
mammillose +  and smooth +
sometimes larger +
lateral +  and terminal +
Bryol. Univ. +
sinistrorse +, dextrorse +  and erect +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
Illustrated +
falcate-secund +
oblong-lanceolate;lanceolate +
linear-lanceolate +, oblong-lanceolate +, elongate-lanceolate +  and lanceolate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
erect +  and ascending +
superficial +
Zygodon viridissimus var. viridissimus +
Zygodon viridissimus +
variety +
specialized +
dioicous +  and sexual +
incrassate +
light green;olive green +