Henicodium geniculatum (Mitt.) W.R.Buck
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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
Pterobryaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Plants medium-sized, usually slender, green, and ± flagellate when growing in shade, more turgid, golden, and obtuse at apex when growing in exposed habitats; secondary stems mostly 1-2 cm tall. Secondary stem leaves not ranked, appressed when dry, spreading when moist, oblong-lanceolate to oblong-ovate, gradually broadly acuminate or often appearing ± abruptly so because of subapical recurved margins, 1.2-2 x 0.4-0.55 mm long; cells linear-flexuose, 45-70 x 4-7 µm, unipapillose, rarely smooth; alar cells in 7-15 rows and extending up the margins by 25-50 cells, subquadrate, collenchymatous. Asexual propagula of gemmae (3)6-8-celled, somewhat curved. Setae ca. 6 mm long; capsules ca. 2 mm long.
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Distribution
In non-flooded moist forests, common, 200-500 m, usually on twigs in the canopy.
French Guiana South America|