Dicranodontium denudatum (Brid.) E.Britton ex R.S.Williams
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Authority
Frahm, Jan-Peter. 1991. Dicranaceae: Campylopodioideae, Paraleucobryoideae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 54: 1-238. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Dicranaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Type not seen.
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Synonyms
Campylopus chionophilus (Müll.Hal.) Mitt., Dicranum denudatum Brid., Dicranum chionophilum Müll.Hal.
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Description
Species Description - Plants yellowish to brownish green, slender, in dense mats, to 3(-5) cm high. Stems often partly defoliate, sometimes with homomallous leaves at tips. Leaves erect patent, 4-8 mm long, canaliculate. Costa filling 1/3 of the leaf base, in transverse section with ventral and dorsal stereids and a median band of deuter cells, excurrent in a long, narrow, faintly serrate subula. Alar cells hyaline or reddish, often auriculate. Basal laminal cells short rectangular, 8-15 × 25-40 µm, narrower at margins. Upper laminal cells elongate, slightly pitted, 5-8 × 35-100 µm. Seta 10 mm. Capsule 1.2 mm long, cylindrical, symmetric. Calyptra entire at base.
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Distribution
In damp montane forests in elevations between 2000 and 3000 m on soil, rocks and rotten wood, from the boreal regions of North America through the Rocky Mountains to Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Venezuela and Bolivia, also in Europe and Asia.
Mexico North America| Oaxaca Mexico North America| Veracruz Mexico North America| Guadeloupe South America| Huehuetenango Guatemala Central America| Honduras Central America| Morazán Honduras Central America| Nicaragua Central America| Granada Nicaragua Central America| Costa Rica South America| Heredia Costa Rica Central America| Venezuela South America| Bolívar Venezuela South America| Miranda Venezuela South America| Bolivia South America|