Trichostomum tenuirostre

(Hooker & Taylor) Lindberg

Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 21: 225. 1864,.

Basionym: Weissia tenuirostris Hooker & Taylor Muscol. Brit. ed. 2, 83. 1827
Synonyms: Oxystegus tenuirostris (Hooker & Taylor) A. Smith
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 27. Treatment on page 490. Mentioned on page 489, 491, 492, 496, 505, 511, 516, 552, 553, 556.

Stem rounded-pentagonal in section. Leaves flattened, lanceolate, distal margins plane, entire or weakly toothed, not bordered; apex acute, plane or keeled; basal cells differentiated across leaf base as a U or V, commonly running up margins, not distinctly enlarged submarginally; distal laminal cells pluripapillose with low papillae; mucro conic, of 3–6 cells. Sexual condition dioicous. Peristome teeth bluntly lanceolate.

Distribution

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Widely distributed in temperate and high-elevation tropical areas of the world, ranging into the Arctic.

Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

1. Gemmae absent

3a. Trichostomum tenuirostre var. tenuirostre

1. Multicellular gemmae on rhizoids from adaxial surface of the costa or in soil

3b. Trichostomum tenuirostre var. gemmiparum

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Gemmae absent. Trichostomum tenuirostre var. tenuirostre
1 Multicellular gemmae on rhizoids from adaxial surface of the costa or in soil Trichostomum tenuirostre var. gemmiparum
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Weissia tenuirostris +
Widely distributed in temperate and high-elevation tropical areas of the world +  and ranging into the Arctic. +
Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. +
Oxystegus tenuirostris +
Trichostomum tenuirostre +
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