Kindbergia praelonga var. stokesii (Turner) Ochyra

  • 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

    Brachytheciaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Kindbergia praelonga var. stokesii (Turner) Ochyra

  • Description

    Species Description - Plants more robust and more compact. Stems more forked and more rigid, with more regularly pinnate (or sometimes bipinnate) branching. Stem leaves less remote, with leaf tips generally shorter.

  • Discussion

    Fig. 704e-h

    K. praelonga var. stokesii (Turn.) Ochyra, Lindbergia 8: 54. 1982.

    Hypnum stokesii Turn., Muse Hibern. Spic 159. 1804.

    Eurhynchium stokesii (Turn.) B.S.G., Bryol. 5(fasc 57/61). 1854.

    E. praehngum var. stokesii (Turn.) Hook., Syn. Brit. Mosses, ed. 2, 206. 1884.

    Bryhnia stokesii (Turn.) Robins., Bryologist 65: 138. 1962.

    Stokesiella praelonga var. stokesii (Turn.) Crum, Bryologist 72: 245. 1969.

  • Distribution

    On wet rock, soil, soil covering rocks, and rotten logs, 1800-3100 m alt.; Distrito Federal, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz.— Mexico; western United States; Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia.

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