Hookeria acutifolia Hook. & Grev.

  • 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

    Hookeriaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Hookeria acutifolia Hook. & Grev.

  • Description

    Species Description - Stems (with leaves) 5-10 mm wide. Leaves 3-6 mm long, oblong-ovate to elliptic, acute, often radiculose at the tips and sometimes bearing among the radicles brownish, ± papillose, cylindric or shortly fihform gemmae; leaf cells 50-65 µm wide and 2-3:1. Setae 10-20 mm long; capsules 1.5-2 mm long. Spores 16-20 µm, smooth.

  • Discussion

    Fig. 582

    H. acutifolia Hook. & Grev., Edinburgh J. Sci. 2: 225. 1825.

    Pterygophyllum nipponense Besch., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. VII, 17: 362. 1893.

    Hookeria megaloblasta C. Mull., Flora 82: 460. 1896.

    H. nipponensis (Besch.) Broth, in E. & P., Nat. Pfl. 1(3): 934. 1907.

  • Distribution

    On soil of moist or wet, sheltered habitats; Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca.—Mexico; Central America; northern South America; Greater Antilles; rare and disjunctive in eastern North America; British Columbia and Washington; eastern Asia, the Philippines, and Borneo.

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