Weissia ligulifolia

(E. B. Bartram) Grout

Moss Fl. N. Amer. 1: 154. 1938,.

Basionym: Hymenostomum ligulifolium E. B. Bartram Bryologist 30: 78, fig. 6. 1927 (as ligulaefolium)
Synonyms: Weissia andersoniana R. H. Zander
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 27. Treatment on page 515. Mentioned on page 490, 513.

Leaves long-elliptic or ligulate, base not differentiated in shape or little wider than distal leaf, shoulders absent, distal laminal margins incurved to involute or rolled, apex broadly channeled, acute to rounded, rarely weakly cucullate, mucro usually weak, of 1–3 cells; costal adaxial stereid band smaller than the abaxial; distal laminal cells 8–10 µm wide. Sexual condition autoicous or paroicous. Seta elongate, 0.5–0.7 cm. Capsule stegocarpic, ovoid to short-cylindric, operculum differentiated, falling, peristome absent or rudimentary.


Phenology: Capsules mature spring.
Habitat: Dry soil, rocks, wet crevices, shaded areas
Elevation: moderate to high elevations (1000-2000 m)

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Colo., N.Mex., Tex., Utah.

Discussion

Weissia ligulifolia has long-elliptic leaves with base little wider than the distal lamina, or occasionally even narrower, leaf apex broad, rounded-acute, distal laminal cells sometimes relatively large (like those of W. sharpii), to 10–13 µm wide, and the capsule is eperistomate or with rudimentary peristome teeth. Specimens identified as the synonym W. andersoniana differ somewhat by distal laminal cells bulging on both sides and papillae centered or on a pedestal, leaves ligulate; complete intergradation, however, occurs in degree of bulge on both sides of the distal laminal cells, and the degree of centering of the papillae, which grade from low to spiculose, occasionally on a pedestal. This species is much like Trichostomum planifolium in the leaf shape but has strongly involute distal laminal margins and distal lamina ca. 12–18 cells across on one side of the costa versus plane to laxly involute distal margins and distal lamina 25–30 cells across one side in T. planifolium.

Weissia andersoniana R. H. Zander is a new name for Weissia glauca E. B. Bartram, an illegitimate name that has been used for this taxon.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Weissia ligulifolia"
not differentiated +
long-excurrent +  and short-excurrent +
cucullate +, acute +  and rounded +
Richard H. Zander +
(E. B. Bartram) Grout +
crescent +
smaller +
rhomboid +  and rectangular +
papillose +  and smooth +
usually slightly wider +
rectangular;ovate +
not differentiated +
Hymenostomum ligulifolium +
obovoid +
cucullate +
cleistocarpous +  and stegocarpous +
ovoid;short-cylindric +
monoicous +, dioicous +  and sexual +
flat to bulging +
persistent +
1 +  and 3 +
elongate-rhomboid +  and elongate +
thicker +
tomentose +  and bare +
mucronate +
paroicous +, autoicous +  and sexual +
rolled +  and involute +
erect +  and incurved +
subquadrate;hexagonal +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +  and Utah. +
moderate to high elevations (1000-2000 m) +
differentiated +
multicellular +
Dry soil, rocks, wet crevices, shaded areas +
yellow +  and orange-red or red +
1 +  and 2 +
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 +
spiraled +  and contorted +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
spreading +  and incurved +
triangular +  and oblong +
reduced +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
dentate +  and entire +
short-conic;short-rostrate +
differentiated +
photosynthetic +
2 +  and 6 +
dioicous +, monoicous +  and sexual +
spiculiform +  and 2-fid +
lateral +  and terminal +
lateral +  and terminal +
red +, orange +  and yellow +
oblong-truncate +  and long-triangular +
Capsules mature spring. +
Moss Fl. N. Amer. +
straight +
elongate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
2 +  and 1 +
yellow +  and laminal +
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 /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Weissia andersoniana +
Weissia ligulifolia +
species +
elliptical;short-ovate or cylindric +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br />) +
semicircular +  and circular +
orange +  and yellow +
stemless +  and perigoniate +
brown;tan or yellow +
plant +  and cespitose +
occasionally smaller than the perichaetiate +