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:

Bryaceae

Description:

Species Description - Differing from B. capillare, as follows: Plants often with nearly smooth, filamentous, axillary propagula; leaves hardly twisted when dry; costa subpercurrent or short-excurrent (never long-excurrent); border consisting of 1-2 rows of not much longer, narrower, or thicker-walled cells; capsules generally less than 2-3 mm long.

Discussion:

Fig. 362

B. pseudocapillare Besch., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. VI, 3: 205. 1876.

B. sawyer/Ren. & Card., Rev. Bryol. 15:71. 1888.

B. longidens Ther., Revista Chilena Hist. Nat. 30: 350. 1926.

B. standleyi Bartr., Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 4(5): 354. 1929.

This species is said to be restricted to the Caribbean and the eastern United States (Syed, 1973), but on detailed examination of specimens I would extend the range considerably, as stated above. (Bryum standleyi Bartr. was mistakenly considered the same as Brachymenium standleyi in the Index Muscorum.)

Distribution:

Mexico North America| Guatemala Central America| Honduras Central America| Costa Rica South America| Cuba South America| Haiti South America| Puerto Rico South America| Bahamas South America| West Indies| Chile South America| Argentina South America| United States of America North America|