Anacamptodon

Bridel

Muscol. Recent., suppl. 4: 136, plate 2, fig. 11. 1818.

Etymology: Greek ana- , back, kamptos, bent, and odon, tooth, alluding to reflexed exostome teeth
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 28. Treatment on page 285. Mentioned on page 265, 305, 655.
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AmblAnacamptodonSplachoides.jpegAnacamptodon splachnoidesPatricia M. Eckel

Plants small to medium-sized, yellow to green. Stems freely branched; hyalodermis absent, central strand present; paraphyllia absent; rhizoids or rhizoid initials on stem or abaxial costa insertion, rarely forming tomentum, slightly to strongly branched, smooth or rarely granular-papillose; axillary hair distal cells 1 or 2, hyaline. Stem and branch leaves erect, spreading, or subsecund, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, not plicate, 0.7–1 (–1.4) mm; base not decurrent; margins erect, entire to ± crenulate distally, limbidia absent; apex short-acuminate, acumen not furrowed; costa single to mid leaf or beyond; alar cells ± differentiated; medial and distal laminal cells short-rhomboid to linear. Sexual condition autoicous. Capsule erect, oblong-cylindric, straight; peristome specialized; exostome teeth short, external and internal surfaces minutely papillose throughout, margins entire; endostome basal membrane absent, cilia absent. Spores 10–15 µm.

Distribution

North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, temperate and tropical areas

Discussion

Species ca. 12 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

"narrower" is not a number.

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not +  and separating +
short-acuminate +
Piers Majestyk +
Bridel +
not decurrent +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br />) +
spreading +  and erect +
ovate +  and oblong-lanceolate +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
cucullate +
oblong-cylindric +
inflated +
differentiated +
appendiculate +
2 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
North America +, South America +, Europe +, Asia +, Africa +, Australia +  and temperate and tropical areas +
Greek ana- , back, kamptos, bent, and odon, tooth, alluding to reflexed exostome teeth +
brownish +  and yellowbrown +
short +  and narrow +
entire +  and more or less crenulate +
multistratose +  and 1-stratose +
hexagonal +, rectangular +  and short-linear +
short-rostrate +, rostrate +  and conic +
obovate +, oblong +, ovate +  and lanceolate +
Muscol. Recent., suppl. +
granular-papillose +  and smooth +
granular-papillose +  and smooth +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br />) +
spreading +  and erect +
ovate;oblong-lanceolate +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
Anacamptodon +
Amblystegiaceae +
incrassate +
yellow +  and green +
small +  and medium-sized +
transitional +