Herpetineuron toccoae (Sull. & Lesq.) Cardot

  • Authority

    Sharp, Aaron J., et al. 1994. The Moss Flora of Mexico. Part Two: Orthotrichales to Polytrichales. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 69 (2)

  • Family

    Anomodontaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Herpetineuron toccoae (Sull. & Lesq.) Cardot

  • Description

    Species Description - Plants sparsely branched. Branch leaves erect and subtubulose when dry, erect-spreading when moist, 1-2.5 mm long, keeled-concave, indistinctly biplicate, slenderly acute; margins distinctly serrate above; costa strongly flexuose above; cells 6-8 µm, subquadrate, smooth. Setae 10-15 mm long; capsules 2-3 mm long; peristome teeth lance-linear, whitish, densely papillose, perforate along the middle; endostome papillose, consisting of stoutly linear segments from a rather well-developed basal membrane. Spores 13-15 µm, finely papillose. (Not fruiting in the Americas.)

  • Discussion

    Fig. 513a-c

    H. toccoae (Sull. & Lesq. ex Sull.) Card., Bryologist 8: 50. 1905; also Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 19(2): 127. 1905 [1906].

    Anomodon toccoae Sull. & Lesq. ex Sull. in Gray, Man. Bot. ed. 2, 658. 1856.

    The plants are easily recognized by curled branches with leaves subtubulose when dry; the leaves are ovate-lanceolate and acute, coarsely and irregularly toothed at the margins, and the costa is notably flexuose toward the apex.

    Distribution and Ecology: On cliffs, soil, trunks of trees, and logs at moderate elevations of about 800-2900 m alt.; Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Distrito Federal, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora,Tamaulipas, Veracruz. Mexico; Guatemala; Dominican Republic; southeastern United States (mountains of North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee), west to Illinois and Oklahoma and south to Florida and Louisiana; Arizona; India, eastern Asia, Japan, Philippine Islands; reported from Ceylon, Java, Sumatra, New Caledonia, and Tanzania.

  • Distribution

    On cliffs, soil, trunks of trees, and logs at moderate elevations of about 800-2900 m alt.; Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Distrito Federal, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora,Tamaulipas, Veracruz. Mexico; Guatemala; Dominican Republic; southeastern United States west to Illinois and Oklahoma and south to Florida and Louisiana; Arizona; India, eastern Asia, Japan, Philippine Islands.

    México Mexico North America| Guatemala Central America| Dominican Republic South America| United States of America North America| Illinois United States of America North America| Oklahoma United States of America North America| Florida United States of America North America| Louisiana United States of America North America| Arizona United States of America North America| India Asia| Japan Asia|