Tropicos | Name - Cyrto-hypnum microphyllum (Schwägr.) P.C. Wu, Crosby & S. He

China > Thuidiaceae > Cyrto-hypnum > Cyrto-hypnum microphyllum

Choose Project down

English

Cyrto-hypnum microphyllum (Schwägr.) P.C. Wu, Crosby & S. He

Search in Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle

Search in Type Specimen Register of the U.S. National Herbarium

Search in African Plants Database at Geneva Botanical Garden

African Plants, Senckenberg Photo Gallery

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 3/30/2009)

Acceptance : Accepted

Project Data (Last Modified On 3/30/2009)

General Reference:

Wu, P.-C., M. R. Crosby & S. He. 2002. Hookeriaceae–Thuidiaceae. 6: viii + 221 pp. In Moss Fl. China. Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden, Beijing, New York & St. Louis.

Illustration & Distribution Map (Last Modified On 3/30/2009)

Illustrations:

Illustrations: Gangulee 1978 (Fig. 816).

Click here for distribution map.

Map:

Cyrto-hypnum microphyllum (Schwägr.) P.C. Wu, Crosby & S. He (Distribution in China)

Ecology & World Range (Last Modified On 3/30/2009)

Habitat & Distribution:

Habitat: alt. 3000 m

Distribution: China, Himalayan region, India, and Thailand.

Specimens Info (Last Modified On 3/30/2009)

Specimens Examined:

Chinese specimens examined: Yunnan: Xishuangbanna, J.-X. Luo 86218a (PE); Baitonling, S. Ten 110 (PE).

Notes (Last Modified On 3/30/2009)

general taxon notes:

This species is characterized by its stems densely covered with paraphyllia, branches circinate when dry, and leaves squarrose when moist.

Export To PDF

Export To Word

5. Cyrto-hypnum microphyllum (Schwaegr.) P.-C. Wu, Crosby & S. He 小叶细羽藓 xiao-ye xi-yu xian

Chenia 6: 7. 1999. Leptohymenium microphyllum (Schwaegr.) Schwaegr., Sp. Musc. Frond. Suppl. 3, 2(2): Index. 1830. Haplohymenium microphyllum Schwaegr., Sp. Musc. Frond. Suppl. 3, 2(1): [unpaged]. Pl. 271. 1829. Type. India: Wallich s.n.

Cyrto-hypnum haplohymenium (Harv.) Buck & Crum, Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 17: 66. 1990. Thuidium haplohymenium (Harv.) Jaeg., Ber. Thätigk. St. Gallischen. Naturwiss. Ges. 1876–77: 251. 1878. Leskea haplohymenium (Harv.) Mitt., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Suppl. 1: 135. 1859. Hypnum haplomenium Harv., London J. Bot. 2: 21. 1843.

Cyrto-hypnum squarrosulum (Ren. & Card.) Buck & Crum, Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb.17: 67. 1990. Thuidium squarrosulum Ren. & Card., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 38 (1): 31. 1900.

Thuidium brachymenium Herz., Hedwigia 65: 164. 1925.

Plants delicate, yellowish green, in small patches. Stems 1.0–1.5 cm long, creeping and spreading, irregularly branched to 1- or 2-pinnately branched; paraphyllia filamentous, densely on stems, apical cells sharp. Stem leaves remote, widely cordate or widely ovate, apex short, 0.5 mm long; margins serrate; costa ending below

leaf apex; leaf cells rounded hexagonal, unipapillose; branch leaves widely ovate, with a short apex, squarrose when moist. Autoicous. Sporophytes on main stems. Perigonial leaves concave, widely ovate, suddenly narrowed to a short lanceolate apex. Perichaetial leaves oblong-lanceolate, with a long acuminate apex; margins shortly ciliate above, ca. 1 mm long. Setae erect, curved above, 2 cm long; capsules oblong-ovoid, horizontal or declined, ca. 2–5 cm long; peristome double; exostome teeth lanceolate, hyaline near apex, densely papillose, trabeculate; endostome segments lightly yellowish; basal membrane ca. 2/5 the segment length; cilia 2, weak, short, nodulose. Spores large, 18 µm in diameter, papillose.