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Published In: Die Laubmoose Deutschlands, Oesterreichs und der Schweiz 1: 606. 1888. (Laubm. Deutschl.) Name publication detailView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

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Illustration & Distribution Map     (Last Modified On 11/11/2024)
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C. Gao (ed.) 1996 (Pl. 52, figs. 8–11).
Map : Tortella fragilis (Drumm.) Limpr. (Distribution in China)

Ecology & World Range     (Last Modified On 11/11/2024)
Habitat & Distribution :
Habitat: on rocks, soil, or rotten wood in forest or alpine regions.
Distribution: China, Japan, Russia, Europe, and North America.
 

Specimens Info     (Last Modified On 11/11/2024)
Specimens Examined :
Chinese specimens examined: Fujian: Wuyi Shan (Mt.), P.-C. Chen 729 (PE). Gansu: G.H. Potanin s.n. (H). Guangxi: Rong-an Co., R.-G. Lung 208 (HKAS). Guizhou: Fan-jing Shan (Mt.), B.-G. Zhong 188 (PE). Henan: Xi-xia Co., J.-X. Luo 288 (PE). Hubei: Sheng-nong-jia (Mt.), K.-Y. Guan 802551 (HKAS). Hunan: Sang-zhi Co., D.-K. Li 18323 (HKAS, SHM). Nei Mongol: He-lan Shan (Mt.), Z.-G. Tong 1305 (MO, PE). Qinghai: Nang-qin Co., B.-C. Tan 95-162 (FH, MO). Shaanxi: Hu Co., M. Wang 297 (HKAS); Qing-ling (Mt.), P.-C. Chen 553 (MO, PE); western Tai-bai Shan (Mt.), Z.-P. Wei 6386 (HKAS, WUG). Sichuan: Ba-tang Co., S. He 31700 (MO); Mi-yi Co., K.-K. Chen 279 (HKAS); Nan-ping Co., S. He 30138 (MO); Ruo-er-gai Co., S. He 30699 (MO); Song-pan Co., S. He 30406 (MO); Tian-quan Co., S. He 32030 (MO); Ya-jiang Co., S. He 31930b (MO). Xinjiang: Bu-ge-da (Mt.), A.-R. Li 5682 (PE); He-jing Co., S. He 951158 (MO); Ku-che Co., S. He 951209 (MO); Tian Shan (Mt.), R.-C. Qin 3497 (PE); Urumqi Co., S. He 951079 (MO). Xizang: Ba-qing Co., K.-Y. Zhao 53a (HKAS); Chang-du City, M. Zang 5297 (HKAS); Ya-dong Co., M. Zang 811 (HKAS). Yunnan: Bin-chuan Co., M.-K. Cui 772b (HKAS); Li-jiang Co., X.-J. Li 85340 (HKAS).

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1. Tortella fragilis (Drumm.) Limpr.   折叶纽藓 zhe-ye niu xian

Laubm. Deutschl. 1: 606. 1888. Mollia fragilis (Drumm.) Lindb., Musci Scand. 21. 1879. Didymodon fragilis Drumm., Musci Amer., Brit. N. Amer. 127. 1828. Type. North America.

Trichostomum lonchobasis Müll. Hal., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n. ser. 3: 102. 1896. Type. China: Shaanxi (Schen-si), Kuan-tou-san, July 1894, P. J. Giraldi 926 (isotype H).

 

Plants medium-sized to large, (1–)2–4(–6) cm high, yellowish green to brown green, in dense tufts. Stems erect, usually simple, radiculose at base. Leaves appressed to erect-curved when dry, erect-spreading when moist, linear-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 5.0–7.5 mm long, often fragil eat tips, somewhat sheathing at base; margins plane or somewhat undulate or narrowly incurved; costa shortly excurrent, ending in an awn; upper leaf cells quadrate to hexagonal, 5–8 µm in diameter, usually bistratose, pluripapillose, with simple papillae, relatively thin-walled; basal cells sharply differentiated, rectangular, smooth, forming a V-shaped base. Sporophytes not seen.

 
 


 

 
 
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