Crossidium squamiferum var. squamiferum

Synonyms: Crossidium succulentum Holzinger & E. B. Bartram
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 27. Treatment on page 613. Mentioned on page 614.
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Leaves with margins recurved to erect distally, undifferentiated in North American plants. Seta 7–20 mm, urn ovoid-cylindric, 1.7–2.7 mm; operculum 0.7–1.1 mm; peristome long, strongly twisted, sometimes cribrose at base, 250–1160 µm.


Phenology: Capsules mature (Aug-)Dec–Mar.
Habitat: Soil, sandy soil or rocks, dry washes
Elevation: moderate elevations (800-1000 m)

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Europe, Asia (India), n Africa, Atlantic Islands (Canary Islands)

Discussion

North American specimens of var. squamiferum lack the differentiated border at the leaf base that is distinctive of the taxon elsewhere. Some specimens may show an indistinct proximal leaf border or a peristome somewhat cribrose at base, indicating intergradation with var. pottioideum. Despite this, var. squamiferum is recognized in North America by long setae, ovoid-cylindric capsules, and a long and twisted peristome.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"broad" is not a number."um" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

elongate +  and quadrate +
of 1-2 rows +  and differentiated +
long-excurrent +  and short-excurrent +
piliferous +, rounded +  and obtuse +
Claudio Delgadillo M. +
(Viviani) Juratzka +
reniform +  and rounded +
papillose +  and smooth +
usually slightly wider +
rectangular +
rectangular;ovate +
Barbula squamifera +
obovoid +
cucullate +
cleistocarpous +  and stegocarpous +
cylindric;ovoid-cylindric +
short-cylindric +  and ovoid-cylindric +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.27 cm2.7 mm <br />0.0027 m <br />) +
monoicous +, dioicous +  and sexual +
flat to bulging +
4 +  and 10 +
cylindric +  and subspheric +
tomentose +  and bare +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Europe +, Asia (India) +, n Africa +  and Atlantic Islands (Canary Islands) +
moderate elevations (800-1000 m) +
differentiated +
multicellular +
Soil, sandy soil or rocks, dry washes +
yellow +  and orange-red or red +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
concave;keeled;channeled;ovoid;lanceolate or lingulate +
1-stratose +  and twisted +
imbricate +, crowded +  and distributed +
thick-walled +  and firm-walled +
with 1-8 papillae +  and smooth +
monoicous +, dioicous +  and sexual +
undifferentiated +
lanceolate +, oblong-ovate +  and deltoid-ovate +
reduced +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
recurved +  and erect +
undifferentiated +
inclined +  and erect +
conic;rostrate +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.11 cm1.1 mm <br />0.0011 m <br />) +
photosynthetic +
2 +  and 5 +
flattened +  and 2-fid +
lateral +  and terminal +
not differentiated +
lateral +  and terminal +
red +, orange +  and yellow +
consisting of 16 mostly 2 times cleft spiculose striate or papillose lanceolate teeth , , , , +  and rudimentary +
Capsules mature (Aug-)Dec–Mar. +
Laubm.-Fl. Oesterr.-Ung., +
straight +
elongate +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
2 +  and 1 +
spheric +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
rounded-triangular +  and rounded-pentagonal +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Crossidium succulentum +
Crossidium squamiferum var. squamiferum +
Crossidium squamiferum +
variety +
ovoid;cylindric +
ovoid-cylindric +
0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br /> (0.27 cm2.7 mm <br />0.0027 m <br />) +
yellow distally and red +, orange +, red +  and yellow +
stemless +  and perigoniate +
occasionally smaller than the perichaetiate +