Eulacophyllum cultelliforme (Sull.) W.R.Buck & Ireland
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Authority
Sharp, Aaron J., et al. 1994. The Moss Flora of Mexico. Part Two: Orthotrichales to Polytrichales. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 69 (2)
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Family
Stereophyllaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Stems up to 2 cm long and (with leaves) 1.5-2 mm wide. Leaves 0.8-1.5 mm long and 0.3-0.5 mm wide near the middle; upper cells 47-85 x 4-6 µm, becoming shorter near the apex; alar cells short-rectangular or sometimes quadrate. Setae 7-10 mm long; capsules 1-1.5 mm long; exostome teeth up to 500 pm long. Spores 9-12 µm in diameter.
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Discussion
Fig. 724
E. cultelliforme (Sull.) Buck & Irel., Nova Hedwigia 41: 108. 1985.
Hypnum cultelliforme Sull., Proc Amer. Acad. 5: 289. 1861.
Stereophyllum cultelliforme (Sull.) Mitt., J. Linn. Soc, Bot. 12: 544. 1869.
The plants are small, with rigid leaves scarcely altered when dry. The leaves are obtuse and densely serrate at the margins in the upper half; the cells have blunt, thickened ends giving an impression of papillose projections; the alar cells are usually distinctly differentiated.
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Distribution
On sandstone or limestone rocks, rarely on trees, in shaded ravines and forests, often in or beside streams at elevations of 1000 m or less; Jahsco, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan.— Mexico to northern South America; West Indies.
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