Mittenothamnium diminutivum (Hampe) E.Britton
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Hypnaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Plants growing in flat mats. Stems slender, branching irregularly, the branches short, seldom more than 5 mm. long; leaves spreading when dry, minute, up to 0.75 mm. long by 0.33 mm. broad, ovate, acuminate, minutely serrulate; veins 2, short; alar cells not enlarged; upper cells linear, 8 times longer than wide, sharply papillose on the back; perichaetial leaves pale, long pointed with lax smooth cells. Autoicous. Pedicel up to 15 mm. long, slender and red; capsule nodding, usually 1 mm. long; lid blunt; annulus narrow; peristome double; teeth red at base, finely striate; keeled segments perforate and papillose, paler at apex; cilia 2; spores minute, ripe in summer.
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Distribution
On stems and rotten or charred wood in coppices, New Providence, Great Bahama and Abaco : Florida ; West Indies ; Mexico to South America. Diminutive MlTTEN'S-MOSS.
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