Calymperes guildingii Hook. & Grev.

  • Authority

    Reese, William D. 1993. Calymperaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 58: 1-102. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Calymperaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Calymperes guildingii Hook. & Grev.

  • Type

    Type. Antilles. St. Vincent: Mt. St. Andrews, Guilding s.n. (holotype, BM-K; isotype, NY).

  • Synonyms

    Calymperes cruegeri Müll.Hal., Syrrhopodon badius Schimp., Calymperes guadaloupense Broth.

  • Description

    Species Description - Plants glossy, sordid to light-green or blackish, in dense, stiff clumps; rhizoids pale- reddish-brown, scanty; stems to 2(-5) cm tall. Leaves subulate from oblong, sheathing base, mostly 5-6(-7) mm long, upper lamina tightly involute and curled-twisted when dry; margins of upper lamina entire or with scattered serrations, greatly thickened, showing stereids in section, margins of lower lamina serrate or entire; teniolae 4-6 cells wide at shoulders, of elongate, thick-walled cells with pitted and somewhat sinuous walls; cancellinae ending in acute angles distally; median leaf cells square to elliptic or rectangular, thick-walled, mostly ca. 7-14 x 7-9 µm, smooth dorsally, mammillose to mammillose-papillose ventrally; gemmae infrequent, on ventral tips of leaves. Seta 3-4 mm long; capsule 2.3 mm long; operculum 1 mm long. Spores 24-35 µm, finely roughened. Calyptra 4-5 mm long.

  • Discussion

    This species is related to C. bartramii and C. nicaraguense. The infolded leaf margins of the former, which also has thick-walled sinuous cells in its teniolae, easily distinguish it from C. guildingii, and the imperfect teniolae of C. nicaraguense distinguish it from C. guildingii. See discussion under C. nicaraguense.

  • Distribution

    Endemic to the neotropics: Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico to St. Kitts and south through the islands to Trinidad; Brazil (Amazonas, Roraima); Colombia (Antioquia, Norte de Santander); Guyana; Roraima: 216 km N of Boavista, 800 m, Buck etal. 2018 (INPA, LAF, NY).

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