Thuidium delicatulum var. peruvianum (Mitt.) H.A.Crum

  • 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

    Thuidiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Thuidium delicatulum var. peruvianum (Mitt.) H.A.Crum

  • Description

    Species Description - Plants robust. Stem leaves about 2 mm long, deeply plicate, rather abmptly narrowed to a slender, often falcate acumen; papillae on leaf cells simple, curved. Perichaetial leaves ciliate.

  • Discussion

    T. delicatulum var. peruvianum (Mitt.) Crum, Bryologist 87: 211. 1984.

    T. peruvianumMitt., J. Linn. Soc, Bot. 12: 578. 1869.

    T. robustum Card., Rev. Bryol. 37: 52. 1910.

    The plants are somewhat robust as compared with the normal expression of the var. delicatulum. The large stem leaves are rather like those of the var. radicans, though more obviously phcate when dry. The abundantly ciliate margins of the perichaetial leaves give evidence of significant difference from the var. radicans and a closer alliance with the var. delicatulum.

  • Distribution

    On soil and rock at 2900-3300 m alt.; Chiapas, Chihuahua, Distrito Federal, Durango, Hidalgo, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Veracruz.—Mexico; Guatemala; northern South America.

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