Anomobryum concinnatum

(Spruce) Lindberg

Öfvers Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 18: 277. 1861.

Illustrated
Basionym: Bryum concinnatum Spruce Musci Pyren., 121. 1847
Synonyms: Anomobryum julaceum var. concinnatum (Spruce) J. E. Zetterstatt A. leptostomoides
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 28. Treatment on page 121. Mentioned on page 120.

Stems weakly julaceous. Leaves strongly imbricate when dry, flat to somewhat concave, 0.6–1.4 mm; costa percurrent to short-excurrent, mucro smooth; distal laminal cells elongate-rhomboidal, 40–60 µm, 6: 1, walls not or weakly sinuate. Specialized asexual reproduction by leaf-axil bulbils, redbrown, leafy, small. Seta 2–3 cm. Capsule erect or suberect, red, ovate-cylindric, 1–3 mm; peristome single, highly reduced, of unknown origin; endostome segments and cilia absent. Spores 8–15 µm.


Phenology: Capsules mature Jul–Sep.
Habitat: Acidic seepy or damp soil, soil over rock, ledges
Elevation: low to high elevations (0-3500 m)

Distribution

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Greenland, B.C., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., Que., Alaska, Calif., Colo., Maine, Mich., Minn., Mo., Mont., N.Y., N.C., Tenn., Utah, Va., Wis., Mexico (Chiapas), Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (Distrito Federal), Mexico (México), Mexico (Querétaro), Eurasia

Discussion

Anomobryum concinnatum is a widespread boreal-temperate species, rarely with capsules, identical to material of the synonym A. leptostomoides in gametophyte features. Specimens assigned to the latter are few and produce erect capsules with highly reduced peristomes. These specimens have been interpreted as fertile specimens of A. concinnatum, a name with priority. Because A. concinnatum is rarely separated from A. julaceum, the distributions of the two in North America are tentative; A. concinnatum is the more widespread.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Anomobryum concinnatum"
John R. Spence +
(Spruce) Lindberg +
reduced +
curved +  and straight +
not decurrent +
Bryum concinnatum +
cucullate +
suberect +  and erect +
long-exserted +
ovate-cylindric +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
quadrate +  and long-rectangular +
not differentiated +
appendiculate +
percurrent +  and short-excurrent +
subpercurrent +
hexagonal;rhomboidal +
Greenland +, B.C. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, Que. +, Alaska +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Maine +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, Mont. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Tenn. +, Utah +, Va. +, Wis. +, Mexico (Chiapas) +, Mexico (Chihuahua) +, Mexico (Distrito Federal) +, Mexico (México) +, Mexico (Querétaro) +  and Eurasia +
low to high elevations (0-3500 m) +
hyaline;pale-yellow +
hyaline +  and pale-brown +
short-excurrent +
Acidic seepy or damp soil, soil over rock, ledges +
polyoicous +, monoicous +, dioicous +  and sexual +
concave +  and flat to somewhat +
larger +  and vegetative +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br />) +
differentiated +
elongate-rhomboidal +
short-rectangular +  and quadrate +
short-excurrent +
not rostrate +, short-conic +  and convex +
lateral +  and terminal +
lateral +  and terminal +
diplolepidous-alternate +
Capsules mature Jul–Sep. +
short-rectangular +  and quadrate +
Öfvers Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. +
differentiated +
smooth;papillose +
differentiated +
flexuose +
elongate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Illustrated +
yellow-tan +  and pale tan +
germinating +
stringlike +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Anomobryum julaceum var. concinnatum +  and A. leptostomoides +
Anomobryum concinnatum +
Anomobryum +
species +
lanceolate +
slender +
distinct +
straight +
specialized +
dioicous +  and sexual +
sinuate +
pale green +  and yellow-green +