View source for Aplodon ← Aplodon You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Aplodon |accepted_authority=R. Brown |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Chlor. Melvill., |place=41. 1823 |year=1823 }} |basionyms= |synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym |name=Haplodon |authority=R. Brown ex I. Hagen |rank=genus }} |hierarchy=Splachnaceae;Aplodon |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Splachnaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Aplodon]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek haplo- , single, and odon, tooth, alluding to single layer of peristome teeth |volume=Volume 28 |mention_page=page 15, 650 |treatment_page=page 28 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism coloration;whole_organism growth form;slender tuft architecture or arrangement"><b>Plants </b>in slender lax tufts, light green distally.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem some measurement"><b>Stems </b>6 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="rhizoid density">rhizoids dense proximally.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="stem-leaf shape;stem-leaf shape"><b>Stem-</b>leaves broadly ovate or obovate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="margin architecture or shape">margins entire;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="apex shape;apex shape">apex obtuse to acute and abruptly short-acuminate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="">costa ending before apex;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="proximal laminal cell shape">proximal laminal cells rounded-rectangular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="">distal cells oblong-hexagonal.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="distal cell shape;distal cell reproduction;distal cell reproduction"><b>Sexual </b>condition autoicous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="seta some measurement;seta architecture;seta course"><b>Seta </b>1–2 cm, twisted, flexuose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="capsule dehiscence;capsule coloration;capsule coloration;capsule size;capsule width;mouth shape"><b>Capsule </b>not cleistocarpous, reddish, black with age, shrunken and widest at mouth when dry, ovate when moist;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="hypophysis coloration;hypophysis shape;hypophysis width">hypophysis same color as urn, rounded, elongate, not or slightly wider than urn;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="annulus variability">annulus weakly differentiated;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="operculum shape;operculum architecture or shape">operculum hemispheric, sometimes apiculate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="peristome quantity">peristome single;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="exostome tooth quantity;exostome tooth arrangement;exostome tooth orientation;exostome tooth orientation;exostome tooth prominence">exostome teeth 8–12, at first in pairs, then separate, erect or reflexed, rudimentary.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="calyptra shape;calyptra shape;calyptra shape;calyptra size"><b>Calyptra </b>mitrate or cucullate, conic, not constricted beyond base.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="spore some measurement;spore architecture or pubescence or relief"><b>Spores </b>10–15 µm, smooth.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=n North America;n Eurasia;subarctic to Arctic regions |discussion=<p>Species 1.</p><!-- --><p>Although plants of Aplodon have an inflated hypophysis, based upon the molecular data, placement of the genus is not well resolved within Splachnaceae, and its relationship to or within this family requires further study (B. Goffinet et. al. 2004).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Aplodon |authority=R. Brown |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms=Haplodon |basionyms= |family=Splachnaceae |distribution=n North America;n Eurasia;subarctic to Arctic regions |reference=None |publication title=Chlor. Melvill., |publication year=1823 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V28/V28_25.xml |genus=Aplodon |annulus variability=differentiated |apex shape=short-acuminate;obtuse;acute |calyptra shape=conic;cucullate;mitrate |calyptra size=not constricted |capsule coloration=black;reddish |capsule dehiscence=not cleistocarpous |capsule size=shrunken |capsule width=widest |distal cell reproduction=autoicous;sexual |distal cell shape=oblong-hexagonal |exostome tooth arrangement=separate |exostome tooth orientation=reflexed;erect |exostome tooth prominence=rudimentary |exostome tooth quantity=8;12 |hypophysis coloration=rounded |hypophysis shape=elongate |hypophysis width=slightly wider |margin architecture or shape=entire |mouth shape=ovate |operculum architecture or shape=apiculate |operculum shape=hemispheric |peristome quantity=single |proximal laminal cell shape=rounded-rectangular |rhizoid density=dense |seta architecture=twisted |seta course=flexuose |seta some measurement=1cm;2cm |slender tuft architecture or arrangement=lax |spore architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth |spore some measurement=10um;15um |stem some measurement=6 |stem-leaf shape=obovate;ovate |whole_organism coloration=light green |whole_organism growth form=plant }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Splachnaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Splachnaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/ID/Synonym (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Aplodon.