Orthotrichum pellucidum (Xerophytic Limestone Moss)

Common Names

Common Names in English:

Xerophytic Limestone Moss

Description

Genus Orthotrichum

Plants 1--5(--13) cm. Stem leaves imbricate, usually erect-appressed and straight when dry, spreading to wide-spreading when moist, 0.6--6.5 mm; ovate , lanceolate, or linear-lanceolate, obtuse , acute to rounded-acute, acuminate or sometimes obtuse, rarely channeled , rarely acuminate or piliferous ; margins reflexed to revolute , rarely plane or involute , entire or denticulate near apex; costa strong , usually ending near apex; distal leaf cells mostly rounded , almost isodiametric, usually 6--24(--30) µm, with 1--3 papillae per cell, papillae conical or forked ; basal leaf cells elongate-linear, thick-walled and nodose or rectangular, thin-walled, and smooth near base ; marginal leaf cells shorter. Specialized asexual reproduction by brood-bodies, sometimes present on leaves, 3--14 cells long. Perichaetial leaves similar to stem leaves or sometimes slightly differentiated. Sexual condition goniautoicous or cladautoicous , rarely dioicous. Seta to 15 mm, twisted to left. Capsule immersed , emergent or exserted, varying from globose to cylindric , 0.7--3 mm, more or less gradually constricted to seta , smooth or with 8 or 16 ribs and sometimes constricted below mouth when dry; stomates superficial or immersed in central or proximal parts of capsules; peristome double or more rarely single or absent; exostome teeth 0, 8, or 16, papillose or striate , reflexed, recurved, or erect ; endostome segments 0, 8, or 16. Calyptra large, mitrate, conic-oblong to short-conic, more or less hairy or naked, plicate or more rarely smooth, not split at base. Spores isomorphic .

Species 120; worldwide, more common in temperate areas.Dale H. Vitt "Orthotrichum". in Bryophyte Flora of North America Vol. 2. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Physical Description

Habit: Nonvascular

Taxonomy

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Kingdom: Plantae () - Plants
- Phylum: Bryophyta () - Mosses
  - Class: Bryopsida () - Mosses
    - Order: Orthotrichales ()
      - Family: Noctuoidea ()
        Genus: Orthotrichum () - Hedwig, Spec. Musci. 162. 1801.
        Specific epithet: pellucidum - Lindberg, 1867
        Botanical name: - Orthotrichum pellucidum Lindberg, 1867

Unambiguous Synonyms

Orthotrichum pellucidum Lindb.
Orthotrichum pellucidum Lindberg, 1867

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-Jul-2004

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Orthotrichum

There are approximately 271 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

Bibliography

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Lewinsky, J. 1993. Monographic studies on Orthotrichum (Musci). Bryobrothera, Vol. 2: 1--59.
Vitt, D. H. 1973. A Revision of the Genus Orthotrichum in North America, North of Mexico. Bryophytorum Bibliotheca, 1: 1--108.

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Contributors

Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
MOST: Moss TROPICOS Database
Moss TROPICOS DatabaseJul 1, 2004.
Moss TROPICOS: the World Checklist of Mosses
USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
Missouri Botanical Garden
The New York Botanical Garden: American Bryophyte Catalog
UNIBIO, IBUNAM: MEXU/Colección de Briofitas

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3873283
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: MOS-35173684
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 442164
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 547939
U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ORJA
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 52834

Orthotrichum pellucidum

Common Names

Description

Genus Orthotrichum

Physical Description

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

Notes

Similar Species

Members of the genus Orthotrichum

Bibliography

More Info

Notes

Contributors

Data Sources

Identifiers

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