Triquetrella

Müller Hal.

Oesterr. Bot. Z. 47: 421. 1897 ,.

Etymology: Latin triquetrus, three edged, and -ella, diminutive, alluding to leaves commonly arranged in three rows
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 27. Treatment on page 580. Mentioned on page 479, 581.
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Pott Triquetrella californica.jpegTriquetrella californicaPatricia M. Eckel

Plants forming mats, yellowish or blackish green distally, brown or blackish proximally. Stems to 7 cm; hyalodermis absent, sclerodermis present, of 1–3 layers of stereid cells, central strand present [absent]; axillary hairs to 9 cells in length, the proximal 1–2 cells thick-walled. Leaves appressed to spreading-incurved when dry, widely spreading to squarrose, strongly reflexed when moist; triangular to ovate-triangular, adaxial surface keeled, narrowly channeled along costa, ca. 2 mm; base ovate, proximal margins long and broadly decurrent; distal margins recurved in middle 3/4–4/5 of leaf, entire to weakly serrulate near apex; apex narrowly acute to shortly acuminate; costa percurrent, adaxial outgrowths absent, adaxial cells elongate, in 2 (–4) rows; transverse-section ovate to semicircular, adaxial epidermis absent, adaxial stereid band present or absent, guide cells 2–4 in 1 layer, hydroid strand absent, abaxial stereid band present, crescentic to circular in sectional shape, abaxial epidermis weakly differentiated; proximal cells weakly differentiated in a very small group medially, occasionally across insertion, rectangular, little wider than distal cells, 2–4: 1, proximal cells thick-walled, somewhat porose; distal medial cells rounded rhombic to quadrate, ca. 9–11 µm wide, 1: 1, 1-stratose; papillae spiculose, mostly simple to 2-fid, 1 per lumen, cell-walls thickened, weakly trigonous, weakly convex to distinctly bulging on both sides. Specialized asexual reproduction not seen. [Sexual condition dioicous. Perichaetia terminal and lateral, interior leaves strongly sheathing, ovate, rounded or shortly acuminate to apiculate. Seta elongate. Capsule stegocarpous, theca elliptic, annulus of ca. 3 rows of smaller, vesiculose cells; operculum conic; peristome teeth 16, variously cleft (usually to base) or perforate, subulate, transparent, straight. Calyptra cucullate. Spores ca. 10–13 µm.] KOH laminal color reaction orange to yellowish orange.

Distribution

w North America, s South America, s Africa, Pacific Islands (New Zealand), Australia

Discussion

Species 9 (1 in the flora).

Triquetrella is distinctive in the stems rounded-triangular in section though this character is varies to rounded-pentagonal in the one species in the flora area. Although not fruiting in that area(and rarely so elsewhere in the world), the genus is unique in having both acrocarpous and pleurocarpous perichaetia on the same plant (R. H. Zander 1993). Unlike the similar Leptodontium, Triquetrella may occasionally show a small central strand (except, again, in the flora area).

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channeled +  and keeled +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
of 1-2 rows +  and differentiated +
long-excurrent +  and short-excurrent +
narrowly acute +  and shortly acuminate +
Richard H. Zander +
Müller Hal. +
crescentic +  and circular +
papillose +  and smooth +
usually slightly wider +
Pottiaceae tribe Barbuleae +
obovoid +
mitrate +  and cucullate +
cleistocarpous +  and stegocarpous +
orange +  and yellowish orange +
weakly convex +  and distinctly bulging +
thick-walled +
few +  and several +
elongate-rhomboid +  and elongate +
tomentose +  and bare +
entire +  and weakly serrulate +
rhombic;quadrate +
w North America +, s South America +, s Africa +, Pacific Islands (New Zealand) +  and Australia +
differentiated +
Latin triquetrus, three edged, and -ella, diminutive, alluding to leaves commonly arranged in three rows +
multicellular +
yellow +  and orange-red or red +
1 +  and 3 +
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 +
reflexed +, widely spreading +  and squarrose +
triangular +  and ovate-triangular +
reduced +
dentate +  and entire +
short-conic;short-rostrate +
photosynthetic +
simple +  and spiculose +
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 +
porose +  and thick-walled +
1 (?) +, 2 (?) +  and 4 (?) +
Oesterr. Bot. Z. +
stark1980a +  and zander1980a +
straight +
elongate +
2 +  and 1 +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
rounded-triangular +  and rounded-pentagonal +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
Triquetrella +
Pottiaceae subfam. Barbuloideae +
ovoid;cylindric +
red +  and yellow +
stemless +  and perigoniate +
blackish;brown;,;blackish green;yellowish +
occasionally smaller than the perichaetiate +