Entodontopsis nitens (Mitt.) W.R.Buck & Ireland

  • Authority

    Sharp, Aaron J., et al. 1994. The Moss Flora of Mexico. Part Two: Orthotrichales to Polytrichales. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 69 (2)

  • Family

    Stereophyllaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Entodontopsis nitens (Mitt.) W.R.Buck & Ireland

  • Description

    Species Description - Stems up to 2 cm long, (with leaves) 2-3.5 mm wide, subjulaceous to somewhat complanate-foliate. Leaves stiff, smooth, 1.5-2 mm long, 0.5-0.8 mm wide near the middle, oblong-lanceolate to oblong-ovate, sometimes lingulate, occasionally ± cultriform, obtuse or rarely broadly acute; margins plane, serrate to sermlate at the apex, sometimes sermlate below; costa ending at or somewhat above the leaf middle; cells 56-100 x 4-9 µm, shorter near the apex, smooth; alar cells quadrate to short-rectangular, sometimes oblate. Setae 7-13 mm long; capsules 1-1.5 mm long, cernuous, ellipsoidal to ovoid, contracted below the mouth when dry; operculum obliquely short-conic; exostome teeth up to 500 µm long. Spores 19-25 µm in longer diameter.

  • Discussion

    Fig. 720

    E. nitens (Mitt.) Buck & Irel., Nova Hedwigia 41: 104. 1985.

    Stereophyllum nitens Mitt., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 23: 51. 1860.

    S. obtusum Mitt., J. Linn. Soc, Bot. 12: 542. 1869.

    S. subobtusumRen. & Card., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 41(1): 147. 1905.

    This is the only Mexican species with obtuse leaves.

  • Distribution

    On trees or vines, up to 1200 m alt.; Nayarit, Puebla, Tabasco, Veracruz; reported from Campeche (Delgadillo & Cardenas, 1982, as Stereophyllum subobtusum).—Mexico; Central and South America; Africa and India.

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