Syrrhopodon cryptocarpus Dozy & Molk.

  • Authority

    Buck, William R. 2003. Guide to the plants of central french Guiana. Part 3. Mosses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 76: 1-167.

  • Family

    Calymperaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Syrrhopodon cryptocarpus Dozy & Molk.

  • Description

    Species Description - Plants small, 0.3-2 cm tall, yellowish to dark green, in thin turfs. Leaves contorted and secund when dry, ligulate from a scarcely enlarged base, 2.5-3.5 x 0.3-0.5 mm; margins thickened, serrate with teeth in 3 or more irregular wings, elimbate; costa subpercurrent; cells round to short-rectangular, 9-14 x 5.5-8.5 µm, unipapillose abaxially, mammillose to mammillose-unipapillose adaxially; cancellinae golden (rarely hyaline), well developed, rounded above, the cells often somewhat eroded, with faint transverse thickenings. Asexual reproduction by gemmae; gemmiferous leaves scarcely differentiated; gemmae infrequent, on adaxial surface of costa. Setae 0.4-0.7 mm long; capsules immersed, 1-1.4 mm long.

  • Distribution

    In non-flooded moist forests, uncommon, 200-400 m, on tree trunks.

    French Guiana South America|