Ceratodon stenocarpus Bruch & Schimp. ex Müll.Hal.

  • Authority

    Sharp, Aaron J., et al. 1994. The Moss Flora of Mexico. Part One: Sphagnales to Bryales. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 69 (1): 1-452.

  • Family

    Ditrichaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Ceratodon stenocarpus Bruch & Schimp.

  • Description

    Species Description - Plants yellowish-brown, up to 2 cm high or somewhat more. Leaves 1.5-2 mm long; costa subpercurrent. Perichaetial leaves sheathing, abruptly acuminate. Setae 10-20 mm long, yellow, occasionally yellowish-orange when older; capsules ± curved, suberect to slightly inclined, occasionally horizontal, about 2 mm long, yellow to yellowish-orange, slightly furrowed when dry; peristome teeth pale, unbordered, occasionally weakly trabeculate near the base, spinulose-papillose. Spores 10-15 um, yellow, smooth or nearly so.

  • Discussion

    Fig. 77

    C. stenocarpus B.S.G., Bryol. Eur. 2(fasc 29/30). 1846.

    ?C. perichaetialis Schimp. ex Besch., Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 16: 174. 1872.

    ?C. bryophilusBesch., J. Bot. (Morot) 15: 381. 1901.

    C. purpureus ssp. stenocarpus (B.S.G) Dix., New Zealand Inst. Bull. 3(2): 50.1914

    species can scarcely be distinguished from C. purpureus in a sterile condition (except for a shorter costa). The setae are pale-yellow, and the capsules are commonly suberect and yellow to yellow-brown in striking contrast to the purple-brown or reddish sporophytes of C. purpureus. Burley and Pritchard (1990) gave an extensive synonymy for this taxon, which they considered a subspecies of C. purpureus.

  • Distribution

    Common and weedy throughout the Mexican highlands; Aguascalientes, Baja California, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Distrito Federal, Durango, Hidalgo, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz.-Mexico; Central America to Bolivia; the Greater Antilles; southwestern United States; southern Europe; tropical and subtropical Africa and Asia, southward to New Guinea; Philippine Islands.

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