Cryphaea patens Hornsch. ex Müll.Hal.

  • 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

    Cryphaeaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Cryphaea patens Hornsch. ex Müll.Hal.

  • Description

    Species Description - Stems up to 6 cm long, with branches 0.5-1.5 cm long. Stem and branch leaves similar: Leaves loosely imbricate when dry, spreading when wet, 1.2-2 mm long, 0.5-1.1 mm wide, ovate, broadly acuminate; margins revolute, serrulate above; costa 0.8-0.9 or more the leaf length; upper cells elliptic, smooth, those at the apex (10-) 13-24 µm long. Perichaetial leaves with awns generally shorter than the laminae. Capsules ellipsoidal. Spores 20-26(-35) µm. Calyptrae generally smooth.

  • Discussion

    Fig. 515d, e

    C. patens Hornsch. ex C. Miill., Linnaea 18: 679. 1844 [1845].

    Pihtrichumpatens (Hornsch. exC. Miill.) C. Miill., Syn. Muse. Frond. 2: 171. 1851, non (Hook.) C. Müll., 1850.

    P. deppei C. Miill., Syn. Muse. Frond. 2: 674. 1851, nom. nud.

    Cryphaea polycarpa Schimp. ex Besch., Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 16: 215. 1872.

    C. sartorii Schimp. exBesch., Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 16: 216. 1872.

    C. muelleriana Schimp. ex Par., Index Bryol. 291. 1894, nom. nud.

    Diagnostic features include broad leaves, broadly shortacuminate and serrulate at the apex, with relatively short, smooth upper cells.

  • Distribution

    On bark, often on branches, at 600-3400 m alt.; Chiapas, Distrito Federal, Hidalgo. Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz, Yucatan.—Mexico; Guatemala, El Salvador, and Costa Rica; Dominican Republic; northern South America.

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