Stegonia hyalinotricha

(Cardot & Thériot) R. H. Zander

Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 32: 195. 1993,.

Basionym: Phascum hyalinotrichum Cardot & Thériot Bot. Gaz. 37: 363, plate 16, fig. 1. 1904
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 27. Treatment on page 605.

Seta 0.07–0.1 mm. Capsule cleistocarpous, immersed, ovate-apiculate, ca. 0.7 mm.


Phenology: Capsules mature in spring.
Habitat: Soil, trailside, dirt road, Atriplex scrubland
Elevation: low to moderate elevations (50-600 m)

Distribution

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Calif., Mexico (Baja California Sur, Zacatecas).

Discussion

Stegonia hyalinotricha has the whitish leaves of Bryum argenteum and may be mistaken for that common weed, but the capsules are immersed and indehiscent. It was treated as Phascum hyalinotrichum by R. H. Zander (1994r). In this species, the abaxial walls of laminal cells are not differentially thickened.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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Phascum hyalinotrichum +
Calif. +, Mexico (Baja California Sur +  and Zacatecas). +
low to moderate elevations (50-600 m) +
Soil, trailside, dirt road, Atriplex scrubland +
Capsules mature in spring. +
Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. +
Pottia sect. Stegonia +
Stegonia hyalinotricha +
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