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Published In: Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 65: 33. 1988. (J. Hattori Bot. Lab.) Name publication detail
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 12/15/2011)
Acceptance : Accepted
Illustration & Distribution Map     (Last Modified On 11/7/2024)
Illustrations : Leucodon jaegerinaceus (Müll. Hal.) H. Akiyama (Figs. 1–10)
Map : Leucodon jaegerinaceus (Müll. Hal.) H. Akiyama (Distribution in China)

Ecology & World Range     (Last Modified On 11/7/2024)
Habitat & Distribution :
IllustratHabitat: on tree trunks and rocks; alt. 1000–3200 m.
Distribution: endemic to China.
 

Specimens Info     (Last Modified On 11/7/2024)
Specimens Examined :
Chinese specimens examined: Shaanxi: Chang-an Co., M.-X. Zhang & J.-Z. Zhang 3090 (XBGH); Hu Co., M. Wang 273, 434, 475 (all in XBGH), Z.-P. Wei 5337, 5568 (both in XBGH); Mt. Guangtuo, M.-X. Zhang & J.-Z. Zhang 2553, 2560, 2821, 2846, 3033, 3075 (all in XBGH); Mt. West Taibai, Z.-P. Wei 6372, 6413 (both in XBGH).
 

Notes     (Last Modified On 11/7/2024)
Taxonomic Notes :
This species is characterized by the secondary stems that are distinctly pinnately branched and with ascending branches.

 

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6. Leucodon jaegerinaceus (Müll. Hal.) H. Akiyama   羽枝白齿藓   yu zhi bai chi xian
J. Hattori. Bot. Lab. 65: 33. 1988. Leucodon giraldii var. jaegerinaceus Müll. Hal., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 5: 190. 1898. Type: China. Shaanxi (Schen-si), In-kia-po, Aug. 1896, Giraldi 2120.
Leucodon angustiretis Dixon, J. Bot. 79: 138. 1941. Type: China. Shaanxi (Schen-si), In-kia-po, Aug. 1896, Giraldi 2120b.
Leucodon denticulatus var. pinnatus Müll. Hal., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 5: 190. 1898. Type: China. Shaanxi (Schen-si), In-kia-po, Aug. 1896, Giraldi s.n.
 
Plants yellowish green or pale brown, not glossy. Secondary stems pinnately branched, with ascending branches 5–10 mm long, rarely to 20 mm long; a central strand absent; pendulous branches slender; flagelliform branches few, sometimes elongate; pseudoparaphyllia absent. Stem leaves lanceolate, 2.5–3.2 mm × 0.9–1.1 mm, concave, slightly plicate, gradually acuminate at the apex; margins plane, entire below, serrulate near the apex; median leaf cells linear-rhomboidal, 20–45 µm × ca. 5 µm, smooth; basal cells porose; alar cells quadrate, extending up to 1/4–1/3 the leaf length. Sporophytes not seen.
 
 
 
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