Aloina hamulus

(Müller Hal.) Brotherus in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl

in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 214[I,3]: 428. 1902,.

Basionym: Barbula hamulus Müller Hal. Bull. Herb. Boissier 5: 192. 1897
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 27. Treatment on page 616. Mentioned on page 615.

Plants to 6 mm. Leaves lingulate, 0.6–2 mm, margins entire to irregularly crenulate, undifferentiated at base, apex cucullate; costa subpercurrent to percurrent, filaments of 3–7 cells, cells cylindric to subspheric; cells of leaf base 13–59 µm, medial and distal cells 9–26 µm, large solid papillae on abaxial surface distally. Sexual condition dioicous. Seta 7–16 mm. Capsule urn ovoid-cylindric, 1.1–3 mm; operculum conical to long rostrate, erect or inclined, 0.5–1.2 mm; peristome to 900 µm, twisted to nearly straight. Spores 9–13 µm.


Phenology: Sporophytes unknown in flora area.
Habitat: Sandstone or calcareous rocks, sandy soil in dry sunny sites
Elevation: moderate to high elevations (700-1800 m)

Distribution

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Colo., Ill., Kans., La., Nebr., Okla., Tex., Mexico, Central America (El Salvador), Central America (Guatemala)

Discussion

The undifferentiated marginal cells of the leaf base and the large abaxial solid papillae near the leaf tip distinguish Aloina hamulus from A. rigida, which, in addition, has a strongly twisted and longer peristome. The ovoid-cylindric capsule and abaxially papillose leaves distinguish this species from A. aloides var. ambigua. Young leaves should be checked when papillae are not evident in mature leaves.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"um" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Aloina hamulus"
elongate +  and quadrate +
persistent +  and deciduous +
of 1-2 rows +  and differentiated +
long-excurrent +  and short-excurrent +
cucullate +
Claudio Delgadillo M. +
(Müller Hal.) Brotherus in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl +
reniform +  and rounded +
papillose +  and smooth +
usually slightly wider +
rectangular +
differentiated +
auriculate +
Barbula hamulus +
obovoid +
cucullate +
cleistocarpous +  and stegocarpous +
inclined +  and erect +
cylindric;ovoid-cylindric +
ovoid-cylindric +
0.11 cm1.1 mm <br />0.0011 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
monoicous +, dioicous +  and sexual +
flat to bulging +
3 +  and 7 +
cylindric +  and subspheric +
tomentose +  and bare +
subpercurrent +
Colo. +, Ill. +, Kans. +, La. +, Nebr. +, Okla. +, Tex. +, Mexico +, Central America (El Salvador) +  and Central America (Guatemala) +
moderate to high elevations (700-1800 m) +
differentiated +
multicellular +
Sandstone or calcareous rocks, sandy soil in dry sunny sites +
yellow +  and orange-red or red +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
concave;keeled;channeled;ovoid;lanceolate or lingulate +
lingulate +
reduced +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
dentate +  and entire +
undifferentiated +
entire +  and irregularly crenulate +
inclined +  and erect +
conical;long rostrate +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
photosynthetic +
dioicous +  and sexual +
flattened +  and 2-fid +
lateral +  and terminal +
lateral +  and terminal +
red +, orange +  and yellow +
consisting of 16 mostly 2 times cleft spiculose striate or papillose lanceolate teeth , , , , +  and rudimentary +
Sporophytes unknown in flora area. +
in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. +
straight +
elongate +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
2 +  and 1 +
spheric +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
rounded-triangular +  and rounded-pentagonal +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Aloina hamulus +
species +
ovoid;cylindric +
yellow distally and red +, orange +, red +  and yellow +
dioicous +  and monoicous +
stemless +  and perigoniate +
occasionally smaller than the perichaetiate +