Aloina brevirostris

(Hooker & Greville) Kindberg

Bih. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 7(9): 137. 1883,.

Basionym: Tortula brevirostris Hooker & Greville Edinburgh J. Sci. 1: 289, plate 12. 1824
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 27. Treatment on page 616. Mentioned on page 615, 617.

Plants 0.5–2 mm. Leaves lingulate to suborbicular, 0.5–1.5 mm, margins entire, undulate-denticulate distally, differentiated at base, apex cucullate to nearly open; costa subpercurrent, filaments of 2–5 cells, cells subspheric to cylindric; cells of leaf base 13–66 µm, medial and distal cells 13–40 µm, papillae none. Sexual condition synoicous or dioicous. Seta 6–17 mm. Capsule urn cylindric, 1–2 mm; operculum conic, short-rostrate, erect or inclined, 0.5–1 mm; peristome 250–900 µm, twisted. Spores 15–25 µm.


Phenology: Capsules mature (Mar-)May–Aug.
Habitat: Bare or disturbed soil or silt, roadside banks, calcareous boulders or gravel
Elevation: low to moderate elevations (100-1500 m)

Distribution

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Greenland, Alta., B.C., Man., N.W.T., Nunavut, Ont., Yukon, Alaska, Mont., Europe, Asia (Siberia)

Discussion

The leaves of Aloina brevirostris are usually short, and cucullate with a reduced lamina; forms with larger laminae may be confused with A. rigida, but the synoicous condition and the cylindric capsules with a conical operculum are diagnostic. The latter species is dioicous, and has ovoid-cylindrical capsules with a long-rostrate operculum.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

... more about "Aloina brevirostris"
elongate +  and quadrate +
persistent +  and deciduous +
of 1-2 rows +  and differentiated +
cucullate +
Claudio Delgadillo M. +
(Hooker & Greville) Kindberg +
reniform +  and rounded +
papillose +  and smooth +
usually slightly wider +
rectangular +
differentiated +
auriculate +
Tortula brevirostris +
obovoid +
cucullate +
cleistocarpous +  and stegocarpous +
inclined +  and erect +
cylindric;ovoid-cylindric +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
monoicous +, dioicous +  and sexual +
flat to bulging +
2 +  and 5 +
subspheric +  and cylindric +
tomentose +  and bare +
percurrent +  and long-excurrent +
subpercurrent +
Greenland +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Mont. +, Europe +  and Asia (Siberia) +
low to moderate elevations (100-1500 m) +
differentiated +
multicellular +
Bare or disturbed soil or silt, roadside banks, calcareous boulders or gravel +
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 +
lingulate +  and suborbicular +
reduced +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
undulate-denticulate +
differentiated +
inclined +  and erect +
short-rostrate;conic +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
photosynthetic +
compound +, simple +, hollow +  and solid +
dioicous +, synoicous +  and sexual +
flattened +  and 2-fid +
lateral +  and terminal +
lateral +  and terminal +
red +, orange +  and yellow +
consisting of 16 mostly 2 times cleft spiculose striate or papillose lanceolate teeth , , , , +  and rudimentary +
Capsules mature (Mar-)May–Aug. +
Bih. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. +
straight +
elongate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 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 +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Aloina brevirostris +
species +
ovoid;cylindric +
yellow distally and red +, orange +, red +  and yellow +
dioicous +  and monoicous +
stemless +  and perigoniate +
occasionally smaller than the perichaetiate +