Bryum renauldii Roell ex Renauld & Cardot
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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.
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Family
Bryaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Medium-sized, non-lustrous plants, in tufts. Stems simple or with a few, erect, slender innovations. Leaves somewhat distant, irregularly wrinkled when dry, spreading when moist, suborbicular, obtuse or rounded at the apex, narrowed and decurrent at base, scarcely bordered; margins entire, ± reflexed; costa slender, nearly percurrent; cells thin-walled, relatively small, rhomboid-hexagonal or hexagonal, larger and rectangular below. Sexuality and sporophytes unknown.
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Discussion
Fig. 356h-j
B. renauldiiRoll ex Ren. & Card., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 38(1): 13. 1900.
B. obtusissimumRen. & Card., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 38(1): 14. 1900.
HygrohypnumellipticumTher., Rev. Bryol. Lichenol. 9:33.1936, fide Ochyra(1991).
Bryum renauldii is distinctive because of scarcely bordered, suborbicular leaves, rounded at the apex and having short cells and a slender costa ending somewhat short of the apex. Relationship to the pseudotriquetrum or cyclophyllum groups m a y be questioned.
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Distribution
On wet soil on stream bank; Nayarit.—Mexico; Honduras and Costa Rica; Ecuador (type of Hygrohypnum ellipticum).
Mexico North America| Honduras Central America| Costa Rica South America| Ecuador South America|