View source for Saelania ← Saelania 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=Saelania |accepted_authority=Lindberg |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Utkast Eur. Bladmoss., |place=35. 1878 , }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Ditrichaceae;Saelania |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ditrichaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Saelania]]</div></div> |etymology=For Anders Thiodolf Saelan, 1834–1921, Finnish botanist |volume=Volume 27 |mention_page=page 443, 444 |treatment_page=page 458 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism arrangement or pubescence;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism coloration;whole_organism coloration;whole_organism coloration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>tufted, glaucous bluish green or sometimes yellowish green.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem height or length or size;stem height or length or size;stem architecture;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>short or reaching 1.5 cm, simple or branched;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="rhizoid relief;rhizoid relief">rhizoids at base, papillose or smooth.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf course;leaf arrangement or shape;leaf shape;leaf shape;margin shape;margin orientation;margin architecture or shape;margin shape;margin shape"><b>Leaves </b>somewhat flexuose or contorted when dry, narrowly lanceolate, gradually acuminate, margins plane or narrowly recurved and entire proximally, irregularly and often doubly toothed or serrate distally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="costa quantity;costa architecture;costa quantity;leaf base character">costa 1, percurrent to short-excurrent, 1/5–1/3 width of leaf base;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="">medial laminal cells smooth subquadrate to shortrectangular, smoth.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties=""><b>Specialized </b>asexual reproduction unknown.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="medial laminal cell architecture or pubescence or relief;medial laminal cell shape;medial laminal cell development;medial laminal cell reproduction;medial laminal cell reproduction;medial laminal cell reproduction"><b>Sexual </b>condition autoicous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="perigonium position or structure subtype;branch development">perigonia terminal on well-developed branches;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="perichaetial leaf variability">perichaetial leaves not differentiated.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="seta coloration;seta coloration;seta shape;seta orientation"><b>Seta </b>yellow or yellowbrown, elongate, erect.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="capsule orientation;capsule architecture or shape;capsule position;capsule coloration;capsule shape;capsule architecture or arrangement or shape or vernation"><b>Capsule </b>erect and symmetric, exserted, yellowbrown, cylindric, ± longitudinally plicate when dry and empty;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="annulus duration;row quantity;cell size;cell coloration">annulus of 2–3 rows of large, pale cells, persistent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="operculum shape">operculum rostrate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="peristome quantity;split relief;filament quantity">peristome single, teeth16, split into 2 filaments, densely papillose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="calyptra shape"><b>Calyptra </b>cucullate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="spore shape;spore relief"><b>Spores </b>globose, finely papillose.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;Europe;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Pacific Islands (New Zealand) |discussion=<p>Species 1.</p><!-- --><p>Saelania is morphologically close to Ceratodon, but differs in having the leaves a glaucous blue-green; seta yellow to yellow-brown; capsule yellow-brown, erect, and somewhat plicate but not strongly sulcate when dry; peristome reddish brown, densely papillose, divided to near the base into two unbordered filaments; and spores greenish to yellowish brown and larger, 15–20(–22) µm. In Ceratodon the leaves are yellowish green to brownish or reddish green; seta reddish to purplish; capsules dark reddish brown to purplish, erect to inclined or horizontal, and when dry usually strongly sulcate; peristome teeth dark red, papillose, divided to near the base into 2 filiform segments with pale borders and the segments often united at the nodes; and spores yellow to greenish yellow, and smaller (10–15 µm).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Saelania |author=Rodney D. Seppelt |authority=Lindberg |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Ditrichaceae |distribution=North America;Europe;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Pacific Islands (New Zealand) |reference=None |publication title=Utkast Eur. Bladmoss., |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V27/V27_662.xml |genus=Saelania |annulus duration=persistent |branch development=well-developed |calyptra shape=cucullate |capsule architecture or arrangement or shape or vernation=plicate |capsule architecture or shape=symmetric |capsule coloration=yellowbrown |capsule orientation=erect |capsule position=exserted |capsule shape=cylindric |cell coloration=pale |cell size=large |costa architecture=percurrent;short-excurrent |costa quantity=1/5;1/3 |filament quantity=2 |leaf arrangement or shape=contorted |leaf base character=width |leaf course=flexuose |leaf shape=acuminate;lanceolate |margin architecture or shape=entire |margin orientation=recurved |margin shape=serrate;toothed;plane |medial laminal cell architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth |medial laminal cell development=specialized |medial laminal cell reproduction=autoicous;sexual;asexual |medial laminal cell shape=subquadrate |operculum shape=rostrate |perichaetial leaf variability=not differentiated |perigonium position or structure subtype=terminal |peristome quantity=single |rhizoid relief=smooth;papillose |row quantity=2;3 |seta coloration=yellowbrown;yellow |seta orientation=erect |seta shape=elongate |split relief=papillose |spore relief=papillose |spore shape=globose |stem architecture=branched;simple |stem height or length or size=reaching 1.5 cm;short |whole_organism arrangement or pubescence=tufted |whole_organism coloration=yellowish green;sometimes;bluish green |whole_organism growth form=plant |whole_organism pubescence=glaucous }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Ditrichaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Ditrichaceae (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 Saelania.