Hypnum closteri Austin

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  • Filed As

    Hypnaceae
    Hypnum closteri Austin ( lectotype )

  • Location

    United States of America. About Closter, NJ; also on Shawangunk Mts. (Sam's Point), NY.

  • Habitat

    Very rare. On rocks along rivulets.

  • Description

    Parvulum, laxe diffusum, sordido-viride; caule prostrato parcius ramoso defoliato, ramulis assurgentibus; foliis laxis undique patentibus vel plus minus subsecundis oblongo-ovalibus ovatis elongato-ovatisve obtuse acutatis symmetricis vel leniter obliquatis integerrimis 1/2-3/4-costatis, cellulis plerumque oblongo-linearibus subfusiformibus illis ad basis angulos subdecurrentes majoribus subinflatis concoloribus (vel fuscis?) perichaetialibus plus minus distincte costatis subsulcatis; capsula erecto-cernua sensim in pedicellum crassiusculum angustata, annulo latiusculo composito, operculo amplo mamillato apiculato, peristomio generis. Limnobio Norvegico Br. Europ. persimile, sed differt foliis longioribus longius et omnino simpliciter costatis, basi haud auratis, capsula majore basi acutiore, peristomii processibus haud integris, etc. Phenology of specimen: Sporangia.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 01243844

    Occurrence ID: c9299479-2859-478b-8aba-edd860241a62

  • Exsiccatae

    Exsiccatae Number: 439

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  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • Locality

    About Closter, NJ; also on Shawangunk Mts. (Sam's Point), NY.

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