Entosthodon sonorae

(Cardot) Steere

Bryologist 41: 39. 1938,.

Basionym: Funaria sonorae Cardot Rev. Bryol. 36: 110. 1909
Synonyms: Entosthodon bartramii Grout
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 27. Treatment on page 185. Mentioned on page 184, 186.

Plants 2–4 mm, pale-yellow green. Leaves variously contorted when dry, ovate to oblong to obovate, imbricate, somewhat concave, mostly 1.5–2 mm; margins serrulate by projecting ends of thin-walled cells; apices acute, terminating in a 1–2-celled apiculus, costa ending 7–10 cells before the apiculus; basal laminal cells rectangular (50–70 × 18–25 µm), distal cells irregularly short to oblong-rectangular, somewhat inflated marginally. Seta pale-yellow, 4–5 mm, straight, not hygroscopic. Capsule yellow, elongate-cylindrical from a neck half or more the total length, 2.5–3 mm, weakly sulcate when dry and empty; exothecial cells scarcely thickened, narrowly oblong (3–4:1) near the mouth and transversely elongate in 4–6 rows proximal to the mouth; operculum conic-rounded; peristome pale brownish yellow, lanceolate with thin trabeculae proximally and terminating in a 1–2-celled hyaline evanescent tip, striate basally and nearly smooth at the tips, endostome not seen. Calyptra cucullate, long-beaked, inflated around the capsule, large, smooth. Spores 18–25 µm, smooth.


Habitat: Mineral soils, probably in shade of rocks or in crevices
Elevation: moderate to high elevations

Discussion

Enthosthodon sonorae is restricted to the Sonoran Region of southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"absent" is not a number.

... more about "Entosthodon sonorae"
Donna H. Miller +  and Harvey A. Miller +
(Cardot) Steere +
Funaria sonorae +
thin-walled +
specialized +
polygamous +, autoicous +  and sexual +
persistent +  and deciduous +
inflated +  and cucullate +
cleistocarpous +  and stegocarpous +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
nearly +  and erect +
elongate-cylindrical +
short-rhomboid;quadrate;hexagonal +
inflated +  and oblong-rectangular +
Ariz. +  and Mexico (Sonora) +
moderate to high elevations +
projecting +
striate +  and papillose-striolate +
oblong +  and elongate +
Mineral soils, probably in shade of rocks or in crevices +
erect-spreading +
concave;ovate;oblong +
reduced +  and larger +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
conic-rounded +
filiform +  and club--shaped +
yellow +  and pale brownish +
proximal +  and inserted +
double +  and single +
lanceolate +
oblong-rectangular +
proximal +
/4 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
not hygroscopic +
pale-yellow +
straight +
papillose +  and smooth +
elongate +
short;elongate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
subreniform +  and spherical +
superficial +
Entosthodon bartramii +
Entosthodon sonorae +
Entosthodon +
species +
evanescent +
weakly trabeculate;appendiculate +
thicker +
pale-yellow green +
annual;biennial +