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Published In: Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien I(3): 1020. 1908. (Nat. Pflanzenfam.) Name publication detailView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

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Illustration & Distribution Map     (Last Modified On 5/5/2009)
Illustrations: Actinothuidium hookeri (Mitt.) Broth. (Figs. 1–11.)
Map: Actinothuidium hookeri (Mitt.) Broth. (Distribution in China)

Ecology & World Range     (Last Modified On 5/5/2009)
Habitat & Distribution:
Habitat: usually on forest ground or rock surfaces in alpine mountain regions and in loose cushions covering large pieces of forest ground; alt. 800–4300 m.
Distribution: China, Bhutan, Nepal, India, and Myanmar.

Specimens Info     (Last Modified On 5/5/2009)
Specimens Examined:
Chinese specimens examined: Guizhou: Fanjingshan (Mt.), Crosby 15833 (MO). Hebei: Mt. Xiao-wu-tai, Q.-W. Wang 1042 (PE). Jilin: Mt. Chang-bai., Invest. Group of the Ministry of Forestry s.n. (PE). Sichuan: A-ba Co., S. He 31025 (MO); Ba-tang Co., S. He 31602 (MO); Da-jin Co., Z.-T. Guan 4021 (PE); Dao-fu Co., Z.-T. Guan 620 (PE); Jiu-long Co., Z.-T. Guan 552 (PE); Li Co., Allen 6756 (MO); Lu-ding Co., Y. Jia 1827 (PE); Ma-er-kang Co., S. He 31288 (MO), Y. Jia 2922 (PE); Mao-wen Co., Allen 7335 (MO); Mi-yi Co., Y.-D. Zhu 20508 (PE); Mian-ning Co., S.-F. Zhu 20401 (MO); Mu-li Co., Forest Ministry Team 23 (PE); Nan-ping Co., S. He 30127 (MO); Mt. Omei, Allen 6475 (MO); Ruo-er-gai Co., S. He 30760 (MO); Song-pan Co., S. He 30532b (MO); Xiao-jin Co., P.-X. Li 38 (PE); Ya-jiang Co., S. He 31985 (MO). Taiwan: Miao-li Co., Shevock 18089 (MO). Xizang: Ba-su Co., Y. Jia 5421 (PE); Bo-mi Co., Y. Jia 5748 (PE); Cha-yu Co., Z.-C. Ni 65a (PE); Ding-jie Co., Z.-C. Ni 102 (MO, PE); Ji-long Co., S.-K. Chen 310 (HKAS, PE); Lin-zhi Co., Y. Jia 5957 (PE); Mi-lin Co., K.-Y. Lang 611 (MO); Mt. Everest, X.-G. Wang 29 (PE); Nie-la-mu Co., K.-Y. Lang 1171 (PE); Ri-ge-ce Co., W.-L. Chen 766 (PE); Ya-dong Co., Xizang Team 7726 (MO). Yunnan: Between Landsang-djiang and Lu-djiang, Handel-Mazzetti 8446 (BM); Chu-xiong Co., Z.-T. Guan 7388 (PE); Da-li Co., Redfearn et al. 1193 (MO); Gong-shan Co., Q.-W. Wang 6725 (PE); Li-jiang Co., Q.-W. Wang 4016 (PE); Mt. Jade Dragon, Croat 77627 (MO); Ning-lang Co., Z.-T. Liu 4948b (PE); Yang-bi Co., Redfearn & Y.-G. Su 765 (MO, NY, PC); Zhong-dian Co., H.-F. Xie 1940 (PE).

 


 

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1. Actinothuidium hookeri (Mitt.) Broth. 锦丝藓 jin-si xian

Nat. Pflanzenfam. I(3): 1019. 1908. Thuidium hookeri (Mitt.) A. Jaeger, Ber. Thätigk. St. Gallischen. Naturwiss. Ges. 1876–77: 264. 1878. Leskea hookeri Mitt., J. Linn. Soc., Bot., Suppl. 1: 132. 1859. Syntypes. Nepal: Wallich s.n.; India: Sikkim, J. D. Hooker 1104, 1105.
Actinothuidium sikkimense Warnst., Hedwigia 57: 112. 1915.
 
Plants robust to very robust, up to 15 cm long, yellowish green above, light brown at base, in large interwoven cushions. Stems erect or ascendant, regularly pinnately branched; branches 2.0–2.5 cm long; central strand absent; paraphyllia dense on stems, few on branches, foliose or branched. Stem leaves gradually narrowed from a broadly ovate to triangularly ovate base to a lanceolate apex, sometimes deeply plicate, ca. 3.0 mm × 1.5 mm; margins grossly serrate, rarely entire; costa stout, ending at leaf middle, base with a few paraphyllia; median leaf cells narrowly rhomboidal, ca. 25–35 µm × 8 µm, thin-walled, smooth or with 1–2 papillae or unipapillose at front corners; apical leaf cells linear, smooth; basal leaf cells strongly pitted; branch leaves densely appressed when dry, erect-spreading when moist, ovate to widely ovate; margins dentate; costa reaching 4/5 the leaf length. Sporophytic features the same as those of the genus.
 
 
 


 

 
 
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