Campyliadelphus chrysophyllus (Brid.) Kanda

  • Authority

    Hedenäs, Lars. 2003. Amblystegiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 89: 1--107. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Campyliaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Campyliadelphus chrysophyllus (Brid.) Kanda

  • Type

    Type. Europe, Apr 1783,s.n. (lectotype, B, designated by Hedenäs, 1997a).

  • Synonyms

    Microthamnium ekmanii Thér., Hypnum chrysophyllum Brid., Campylium chrysophyllum (Brid.) Lange, Mittenothamnium ekmanii Thér.

  • Description

    Species Description - Plants small to medium-sized; green, yellow-green or brownish. Stem irregularly to pinnately branched in one plane; pseudoparaphyllia ovate to broadly irregular in shape; axillary hairs with 1-4-celled upper part, this hyaline when young. Stem leaves (0.7-)0.8-1.7 mm long, straight or falcate (gradually curved), almost erect to spreading, rounded-triangular or ovate or broadly ovate, not plicate, concave, not decurrent; acumen usually recurved in at least some leaves, furrowed; margin partly entire, partly sinuose or weakly and often obtusely denticulate; costa single, 23.0-40.0 µm wide near base, ending (40-)50-80% of way up leaf, occasionally shorter and double (rarely in most leaves of a plant); median laminal cells (17.0-) 19.0-73.5 × 5.5-8.5 µm, incrassate or slightly incrassate, porose or eporose; alar cells differentiated, the basal ones short-rectangular to short-linear, slightly inflated, widest cells 10.5-17.5(-21.0) µm wide, the upper cells transverse-rectangular or quadrate or rectangular, smaller than lower cells; alar group quadrate or ovate, or broadly ovate, extending from leaf margin 35-65% of distance to leaf middle at insertion. Inner perichaetial leaves narrowing gradually or rather abruptly to acuminate apex. Seta 12-22 mm long. Exostome outside cross-striolate in lower part. Spores 8.5-14.5 µm, finely papillose.

  • Discussion

    Campyliadelphus chrysophyllus has been reported from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Colombia, and Brazil (e.g., Crum & Anderson, 1981; Delgadillo et al., 1995; Duarte Bello, 1997; Sharp et al., 1994; Winkler, 1965). I have not seen any correctly identified material of this species from El Salvador (Winkler, 1965) or Brazil (Delgadillo et al., 1995), but considering its geographical distribution (Fig. 46) and habitat, I see no reason to doubt the occurrence of the species in El Salvador. The species is distinct among the neotropical Campylium-like Amblystegiaceae species in its usually single, long leaf costa. Even when the costa is shorter and double in some leaves, a condition found mainly in relatively small specimens, it is mostly long and single in other leaves. However, in one specimen of Campyliadelphus chrysophyllus from the Dominican Republic (Norris et al. 6354, NY), almost all leaves had short double costae, and I only saw one leaf, out of ca. 50 studied, that had a single costa reaching approximately to midleaf. The differences between this species, Campylium stellatum, and Campylophyllum sommerfeltii are treated in more detail under the latter two. Although the species is dioicous, sporophytes are found now and then.

  • Distribution

    Mexico (1370-2530 ma.s.l.), Guatemala (1615-2225 m), Cuba (ca. 2000 m), Jamaica (1115-1525 m), Haiti (1310-2000 m), Dominican Republic (1200-2900 m), and Colombia (3720-3985 m). Widespread and often common mainly in temperate areas of N America, Eurasia, and N Africa. The species grows on calcareous or otherwise base-rich rocks and soil, more rarely on trees, often in temporarily wet habitats.

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