Stereophyllum radiculosum (Hook.) Mitt.
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Authority
Ireland, Robert R. & Buck, William R. 1994. Stereophyllaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 65: 1-49. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Stereophyllaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Type. Crepidines, near Caripe, Humboldt & Bonpland (isotype, NY).
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Synonyms
Hookeria radiculosa Hook., Pterygophyllum indicum Bél., Stereophyllum indicum (Bél.) Mitt., Hypnum brevipes Müll.Hal., Stereophyllum brevipes (Müll.Hal.) Mitt., Glossophyllum brevipes (Müll.Hal.) Hampe, Hypnum odontocalyx Müll.Hal., Stereophyllum odontocalyx (Müll.Hal.) A.Jaeger, Omalia wrightii Sull., Hypnum wrightii (Sull.) Sull., Stereophyllum wrightii (Sull.) Renauld & Cardot, Stereophyllum rivulare Mitt., Stereophyllum cubense Mitt., Stereophyllum wrightii var. cubense (Mitt.) Thér., Hypnum radiculosulum Müll.Hal., Stereophyllum radiculosulum (Müll.Hal.) A.Jaeger, Stereophyllum paraguense Besch., Stereophyllum guarapense Besch., Glossophyllum rhamphostegium Hampe, Stereophyllum rhamphostegium (Hampe) Kindb., Glossophyllum gracile Hampe, Stereophyllum gracile (Hampe) Kindb., Hypnum turgidicaule Müll.Hal., Stereophyllum affixum Müll.Hal., Stereophyllum lindmanii Broth., Stereophyllum affine Renauld & Cardot, Stereophyllum turgidulum Cardot, Stereophyllum argentinicum Broth., Stereophyllum natalense Sim, Stereophyllum tisserantii Broth., Stereophyllum rivale P.de la Varde
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Description
Species Description - Plants pale- to yellow-green, in loose or dense, dull mats. Stems complanate to subjulaceous, to 3 cm long, 1-2 mm wide, simple or irregularly and sparingly branched. Leaves 1.0-2.5 mm long, 0.4-1.2 mm wide, oblong-ovate to nearly lingulate, symmetric, abruptly acute to obtuse, sometimes apiculate; margins plane, entire or serrulate near apex; costa stout, extending 2/3-3/4 the leaf length, bulging on dorsal leaf surface; cells unipapillose on both surfaces of lumina, sometimes smooth, upper cells rhomboidal, 1438 µm long, 7-9 pm wide; alar cells quadrate, rectangular or transversely elongate, collenchymatous, 9-19 pm long, 9-14 pm wide, often many on one side of costa and few on other, extending over adaxial surface of costa. Autoicous. Setae orange to reddish brown, straight to somewhat flexuose, 0.6-1.2 cm long; capsules cernuous or rarely erect, orange to brown, 0.71.8 mm long, ellipsoidal to ovoid, contracted below mouth when dry; annulus present, persistent; opercula 0.5-0.7 mm long. Spores 12-24 pm in diameter.
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Discussion
Surprisingly, considering the distinctness of Stenophyllum radiculosum, many authors have redescribed the species throughout the world under the different names that we have included in our synonymy. The species is not very variable though sometimes the leaf cells have either an indistinct papilla or, occasionally, no papilla over their lumina.
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Distribution
Common and widespread; Mexico to subtropical South America, the West Indies (Fig. 4); Florida and Texas (U.S.A.); Africa; India; Australia (Queensland). On bark on bases of trees, stumps, and logs or sometimes on limestone, usually in mesic habitats, at elevations to 1500 m.
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