Cryphaea jamesonii Taylor

  • 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 jamesonii Taylor

  • Description

    Species Description - Stems up to 7 cm long, with branches 0.5-1 cm long. Stem and branch leaves similar, loosely erect when dry, spreading when moist, 1.3-2.2(-2.5) mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide, ovate-lanceolate, ± gradually narrowed to a slender acumen; margins revolute, serrulate above; costa 0.8-0.9 the leaf length; upper cells smooth, to narrowly oblong-elliptic and ± flexuose, 22-37 x 5-9 µm. Perichaetial leaves with awns generally longer than the laminae. Capsules oblong-ellipsoid. Spores 15-24 µm. Calyptrae slightly to distinctly papillose.

  • Discussion

    Fig. 515h-m

    C. jamesonii Tayl., London J. Bot. 17: 192. 1848.

    C. reticulata Besch., Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 16: 213.1872.

    C. nitidula Schimp. ex Besch., Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 16:213. 1872.

    C. longifolia Schimp. ex Par., Index Bryol. 290.1894, nom. nud.

    C. nitidula var. hngifolia Schimp. ex Par., Index Bryol. 290. 1894, nom. nud. in syn.

    C. microcarpa Schimp. ex Par., Index Bryol. 290. 1894, nom. nud. in syn.

    The slender, biplicate leaves with slender acumina and smooth, oblong-sinuose apical cells are useful in identification.

  • Distribution

    On bark, often on branches, at 300-2750 m alt.; Chiapas, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz.—Mexico; Guatemala and Costa Rica; northern South America; Hispaniola.

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