Trematodon brevicollis
Flora 2: 88. 1819,.
Leaves ovatelanceolate to short-subulate from an ovate or obovate base, entire at apex; costa percurrent or subpercurrent. Seta short, 4–6 mm. Capsule not or little inclined, slightly curved; neck equaling the urn in length, cylindric or obovate, not strumose but tapering instead; peristome teeth entire or perforate near apex, not fragile, commonly persistent; annulus compound, revoluble.
Phenology: Capsules mature late summer–fall.
Habitat: Soil, gravel, humus, crevices
Elevation: generally alpine, high elevations
Distribution
Greenland, Alaska, n Europe, c Asia (Kazakhstan), c Asia (Mongolia)
Discussion
I. A. Worley and Z. Iwatsuki (1970) reported both Trematodon brevicollis and T. ambiguus from Alaska.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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reduced +
acute;narrowly obtuse +
sheathing +
adjacent +
cucullate +
curved +
cleistocarpous +
inclined +
long-exserted +
immersed +
percurrent +
developed +
subpercurrent +
single +
long-rectangular +
entire +
contorted +
ovatelanceolate;short-subulate +
plane +
differentiated +
long-rostrate +
differentiated +
convolute-sheathing +
distinctly larger +
differentiated +
absent +
single +
persistent +
not fragile +
basal +
Flora +
elongate +
spheric;ovoid or weakly reniform +
medium-sized +
erect +
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forked +
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