Brotherella recurvans |
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recurved brotherella moss, satin moss |
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Habit | Plants medium-sized, in dense mats, pale green to yellow-green. |
Stems | 2–6 cm, 1.5–2 mm wide across main leafy shoot, markedly complanate-foliate, subpinnate to irregularly branched, strongly falcate-secund toward substrate at stem and branch apices; pseudoparaphyllia narrowly to lanceolate-filamentous. |
Leaves | falcate-secund, ovate, tapering to apex, 1–1.5 mm; margins toothed in acumen; alar cells 3 or 4, yellowish. |
Seta | light brown, 1–1.5 cm. |
Sexual condition | dioicous. |
Capsule | inclined, oblong-cylindric, somewhat asymmetric; operculum short-rostrate. |
Brotherella recurvans |
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Phenology | Capsules mature late fall. |
Habitat | Logs, humus, tree trunks, rock, forests |
Elevation | low to high elevations |
Distribution |
AL; CT; GA; IA; IL; IN; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; SC; TN; VA; VT; WI; WV; NB; NF; NS; ON; PE; QC
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Discussion | Brotherella recurvans resembles Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans (Hypnaceae) superficially, but is generally larger and has inflated alar cells and a toothed apiculus. Branches and main shoots of B. recurvans bear leaves of similar size and areolation, and branching tends to be irregular. The laminal cells are usually linear to sinuate-linear. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 28, p. 578. |
Parent taxa | Sematophyllaceae > Brotherella |
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Synonyms | Leskea recurvans, B. delicatula, Rhynchostegium delicatulum |
Name authority | (Michaux) M. Fleischer: Nova Guinea 12: 120. (1914) |
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