familyPottiaceae
subfamilyPottiaceae subfam. Barbuloideae
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Pottiaceae subfam. Barbuloideae
Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 20(2): 612. 1933,.
Basionym: Pottiaceae tribe Barbuleae Herzog Geogr. Moose, 98. 1926
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Plants green to tan. Stem central strand and sclerodermis usually present, hyalodermis rare. Leaves usually broadly lanceolate to narrowly elliptical, apex blunt to acute, margins recurved basally; distal laminal cells if 2-stratose stacked directly over one another, walls smooth or papillose, KOH yellow or red; costa with or without a differentiated abaxial epidermis; gemmae occasionally present, usually clavate. Peristome usually present.
Distribution
Nearly worldwide
Discussion
Genera 33 (16 in the flora).
Selected References
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differentiated +
revoluble +
deciduous +
differentiated +
usually slightly wider +
trabeculate +
absent +
usually ovate;oblong +
obovoid +
papillose +
specialized +
bulging +
flat to bulging +
thickened +
brownish +
absent +
absent +
2-stratose +
stacked +
9mm;16mm +
Nearly worldwide +
spiculose +
filiform +
differentiated +
multicellular +
absent +
common +
asexual +
absent +
rare +
absent +
contorted +
appressed +
spreading +
concave;keeled;channeled;ovoid;lanceolate or lingulate +
fragile +
bordered +
recurved +
plane +
involute +
absent +
short-conic;short-rostrate +
photosynthetic +
absent +
sheathing +
long-oval +
usually larger +
absent +
twisted +
absent +
Beih. Bot. Centralbl. +
straight +
oblique +
1;2 +
absent +
twisted +
elongate +
laminal +
larger +
branching +
sheathing +
absent +
Pottiaceae subfam. Barbuloideae +
Pottiaceae +
subfamily +
ovoid;cylindric +
green;tan +
occasionally smaller than the perichaetiate +