familyRoellobryaceae
genusRoellobryon
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Roellobryon
Polish Bot. J. 56: 119. 2011.
Endemic
Etymology: Invalid genus name Roellia and Greek bryon, moss, to coin a valid name for the genus
Basionym: Roellia Kindberg Gen. Eur. N.-Amer. Bryin., 37. 1897,
| Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
|---|---|---|
 | Roellobryon roellii | Patricia M. Eckel |
Plants large, scattered individuals or open turfs, usually pale green. Leaves shrunken to imbricate or somewhat contorted when dry, erect-spreading when moist; laminal cells 2–4: 1. Seta yellowish, becoming redbrown with age, long, straight. Capsule brown; exothecial cells near mouth quadrate or short-rectangular, walls thick, often reddish, in 4 or 5 rows; proximal cells longer, long-rectangular, walls somewhat sinuate. Spores 10–18 µm, smooth to finely papillose, pale yellowbrown.
Distribution
w North America
Discussion
Species 1.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
... more about "Roellobryon"
revoluble +
straight +
decurrent +
fugacious +
cucullate +
small +
brown +
curved +
nutant +
long-exserted +
long-pyriform;elongate-cylindric +
long-rectangular +
nodose +
percurrent +
green-yellow +
weaker +
slender +
w North America +
free +
papillose +
lanceolate-acuminate +
differentiated +
scattered +
pale green +
large +
1;2;4 +
large +
imbricate +
contorted +
erect-spreading +
rugose +
broadly ovate;obovate +
developed +
absent +
1-stratose +
plane +
revolute +
not oblique +
usually hexagonal;rhomboidal +
enlarged +
differentiated +
narrower +
diplolepidous-alternate +
absent +
Polish Bot. J. +
2011 +
perforate +
keeled +
straight +
long +
Endemic +
singly +
pale yellowbrown +
unbranched +
rosulate +
absent +
absent +
Roellobryon +
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open +
scattered +
pale green +
reddish +
specialized +
absent +
sinuate +
thick +
absent +
pale green +