View source for Leptodon ← Leptodon 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=Leptodon |accepted_authority=D. Mohr |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Observ. Bot., |place=27. 1803 |year=1803 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Leptodontaceae;Leptodon |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Leptodontaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Leptodon]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek leptos, delicate, and odon, tooth, alluding to peristome |volume=Volume 28 |mention_page=page 623, 624, 653 |treatment_page=page 625 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="secondary stem shape"><b>Secondary </b>stems densely 2-pinnate to flagelliform or irregularly pinnate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="paraphyllium presence">paraphyllia present;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="">pseudoparaphyllia subfoliose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="stem-leaf orientation;stem-leaf orientation;stem-leaf orientation;stem-leaf shape"><b>Stem-</b>leaves appressed or erect when dry, spreading when moist, oval to oblongelliptic;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="margin shape;margin orientation;margin architecture or shape">margins plane or recurved on one side proximally, entire;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="apex shape;apex shape">apex obtuse or occasionally broadly acute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="costa quantity">costa single, 50–70% leaf length, or double, short;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="leaf character;leaf height or length or size;region variability">alar region weakly differentiated;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="medial laminal cell architecture or shape">medial laminal cells isodiametric.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties=""><b>Branch </b>leaves similar, often smaller.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="branch leaf size;branch leaf reproduction;branch leaf reproduction"><b>Sexual </b>condition dioicous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="">perichaetial leaf apex squarrose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="leaf apex orientation">[Seta 1.5–2 mm. <b>Capsule</b> erect, emergent, ovoid to oblong-ellipsoid; stomata absent; operculum obliquely rostrate; exostome teeth connate at base, linear-lanceolate, spiculose; endostome rudimentary. <b>Calyptra</b> hairy. <b>Spores</b> 12–15 µm, brownish yellow].</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Colo.;South America;Eurasia;n;s;c Africa;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);e Australia;temperate regions |discussion=<p>Species 4 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>The paraphyses are 2-seriate in Leptodon, but 1-seriate in Forsstroemia.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Leptodon |author=Lloyd R. Stark |authority=D. Mohr |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Leptodontaceae |distribution=Colo.;South America;Eurasia;n;s;c Africa;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);e Australia;temperate regions |reference=None |publication title=Observ. Bot., |publication year=1803 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V28/V28_983.xml |genus=Leptodon |apex shape=acute;obtuse |branch leaf reproduction=dioicous;sexual |branch leaf size=smaller |costa quantity=single |leaf apex orientation=squarrose |leaf character=length |leaf height or length or size=short |margin architecture or shape=entire |margin orientation=recurved |margin shape=plane |medial laminal cell architecture or shape=isodiametric |paraphyllium presence=absent |region variability=differentiated |secondary stem shape=densely 2-pinnate;flagelliform or irregularly pinnate |stem-leaf orientation=spreading;erect;appressed |stem-leaf shape=oval;oblongelliptic }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Leptodontaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Leptodontaceae (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/Publication (view source) Return to Leptodon.