Pseudoleskea radicosa var. denudata

(Kindberg) Wijk & Margadant

Taxon 9: 191. 1960.

Basionym: Pseudoleskea sciuroides var. denudata Kindberg in J. Macoun and N. C. Kindberg, Cat. Canad. Pl., Musci, 181. 1892
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 28. Treatment on page 360. Mentioned on page 359.

Plants large, yellow-green, green, or orange-green. Stems with apices hooked, branches few or absent. Leaves not incurved, strongly falcate-secund, weakly concave, pluriplicate, 1.6–2.3 mm; apex long-acuminate; medial laminal cells opaque.


Phenology: Capsules mature Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Mesic soil under shrubs or on boulders, associated with snow banks, subalpine-alpine
Elevation: moderate to high elevations (900-3000 m)

Distribution

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Greenland, Alta., B.C., Alaska, Mont., Wash., Wyo., w Eurasia, Atlantic Islands (Iceland).

Discussion

Variety denudata is distinguished by the large size, long unbranched stems with hooked apices, strongly falcate-secund leaves, and often pluriplicate lamina. The alar cells are often prorate; capsules are very rare.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
John R. Spence +
(Kindberg) Wijk & Margadant +
Pseudoleskea sciuroides var. denudata +
Greenland +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Alaska +, Mont. +, Wash. +, Wyo. +, w Eurasia +  and Atlantic Islands (Iceland). +
moderate to high elevations (900-3000 m) +
Mesic soil under shrubs or on boulders, associated with snow banks, subalpine-alpine +
Capsules mature Jul–Aug. +
Lescuraea radicosa +
Pseudoleskea radicosa var. denudata +
Pseudoleskea radicosa +
variety +