Bryum coronatum Schwägr.
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Authority
Buck, William R. 2003. Guide to the plants of central french Guiana. Part 3. Mosses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 76: 1-167.
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Family
Bryaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Plants small, 0.5-1.5 cm tall, dull, green or yellowish brown, in mostly lax tufts; stems often forked by innovation. Leaves ± spreading and somewhat contorted when dry, erect-spreading when moist, ± equally spaced on stems, mostly lanceolate, gradually acuminate, not decurrent, ca. 2-3 x 0.5-0.6 mm; margins entire or weakly serrulate above, indistinctly bordered, usually very narrowly recurved below, costa long-excurrent, the hair point not toothed; cells long-hexagonal, ca. 4-5:1, 45-60(75) x 12-15 µm, gradually narrowed toward the margins; basal cells rather abruptly short-rectangular. Asexual propagula not seen. Dioicous. Setae 1-3 cm long; capsules 1.5-2.3 mm long, pendent, with a well developed, wrinkled neck broadei than the urn; peristome well developed.
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Distribution
In open sun or dappled shade, un common but locally abundant within the village of Saul, ca. 200 m, on clay soils, especially in disturbed areas.
French Guiana South America|