Authority:

Sharp, Aaron J., et al. 1994. The Moss Flora of Mexico. Part Two: Orthotrichales to Polytrichales. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 69 (2)

Family:

Pilotrichaceae

Description:

Species Description - Plants of medium size, glossy, yellow-green. Stems up to 6.5 cm long, (with leaves) up to 5.5 mm wide. Leaves 1.5-3 mm long, oblong-lanceolate to elliptic, short- to long-acuminate and ± keeled at the tips; margins serrulate to serrate in the upper half; costae about 1/4 of the leaf length; upper median cells linear to oblong-rhomboidal, 3.5-10:1, not differentiated at the margins. Polygamous. Setae 10 mm long, papillose to hispid throughout. Spores ca. 15 µm. Calyptrae hairy.

Discussion:

Fig. 604

L. scabrisetum (Schwaegr.) Steere, Bryologist 51: 140. 1948.

Neckera scab r is eta Schwaegr., Sp. Muse Suppl. 4: 141. 1819.

Lepidopilum subenerve Brid., Bryol. Univ. 2: 268. 1827, nom. illeg.

L. subenerve var. integrifolium Brid., Bryol. Univ. 2: 268. 1827.

Lepidopilum diaphanum (Hedw.) Mitt., of Guatemala, northern South America, and the West Indies, has very thin, pellucid leaves with an iridescent sheen; the costa is usually much less than half the leaf length; the margins are serrulate in the acumina and bordered by 3-4 rows of narrow cells.

Distribution:

Mexico North America| Central America| Peru South America| Ecuador South America| Colombia South America| Venezuela South America| Guyana South America| Suriname South America| French Guiana South America| Brazil South America| West Indies|