Didymodon fallax var. reflexus (Brid.) R.H.Zander

  • 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

    Pottiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Didymodon fallax var. reflexus (Brid.) R.H.Zander

  • Description

    Species Description - Leaves red-brown, strongly recurved, broadly acute; upper cells thick-walled, usually papillose, the papillae often high.

  • Discussion

    Fig. 230

    D. fallax var. reflexus (Brid.) Zand., Bryologist 83: 230. 1980.

    Tortula reflexa Brid., Muscol. Recent. Suppl. 1: 255. 1806.

    Barbula reflexa (Brid.) Brid., Muscol. Recent. Suppl. 4: 93.1819.

    B.fallaxvar. reflexa (Brid.) Brid., Bryol. Univ. 1: 558. 1826.

    B.ferruginea Schimp. ex Besch., Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 16: 181.1872.

    Triquetrella ferruginea (Schimp. ex Besch.) Ther., Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 85(4): 9. 1931.

  • Distribution

    On limestone, up to 2800 m; Distrito Federal, Durango, Mexico, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Veracruz.—Mexico; eastern and central North America; Europe; North Africa; Asia.

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