Entosthodon bolanderi Lesq.

  • 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

    Funariaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Entosthodon bolanderi Lesq.

  • Description

    Species Description - Plants 1-2 mm high. Leaves obovate, slenderly acuminate; margins entire or sinuate-crenulate at the apex; costa variable, ending below or above the leaf middle (but always well below the acumen). Setae 7-15 mm long, pale red-brown; capsules up to 2.5 mm long, clavale-pyriform, the neck as long as or as much as twice as long as the urn; operculum conic; peristome teeth granulose-striolate; endostome rudimentary or lacking. Spores 30 µm, finely granulose.

  • Discussion

    Fig. 33la-e

    E. bolanderi Lesq., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. II, 13: 10. 1865.

    Funaria bolanderi (Lesq.) Holz. ex Broth, in E. & P., Nat. Pfl. 1(3): 526. 1903.

  • Distribution

    Baja California (Port San Quentin, Palmer, according to Grout 1935).— Northwestern Mexico; central and southern California and Arizona.

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