Calliergonella cuspidata (Hedw.) Loeske

  • 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

    Hypnaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Calliergonella cuspidata (Hedw.) Loeske

  • Description

    Species Description - With the characters ofthe genus.

  • Discussion

    Fig. 679

    C. cuspidata (Hedw.) Loeske, Hedwigia 50: 248. 1911.

    Hypnum cuspidatum Hedw., Sp. Muse 254. 1801.

    The plants grow in very wet places and have stems and branches noticeably cuspidate-tipped because of crowded and imbricate leaves. The costa is short and double or lacking, and the alar cells are conspicuously inflated.

  • Distribution

    Known in Mexico from a single plant in mixture with Drepanocladus aduncus in a marshy place below the Iturbide dam, 37 km W of San Mateo Nopala, Mexico (TENN).—Mexico; Jamaica; widespread in Europe and eastern North America south to Tennessee and North Carolina; Japan; New Zealand.

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