Barbella

M. Fleischer ex Brotherus in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl

in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 226[I,3]: 823, fig. 613. 1906.

Etymology: Latin barba, beard, and - ella, diminutive, alluding to pendent secondary stems
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 28. Treatment on page 481. Mentioned on page 479, 652.
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MeteBarbellaPendula.jpegBarbella pendulaPatricia M. Eckel

Plants small, green [yellowish]. Stems loosely foliate, irregularly branched, branches elongate, pendent, loosely foliate; axillary hairs of 4–7 short cells, proximal cells light-brown in older leaf-axils. Stem-leaves loosely imbricate, triangular-acuminate; base not auriculate; margins plane, serrate; costa slender, rarely ecostate; alar cells differentiated; medial laminal cells linear, not in rows diverging from costa, seriate-papillose or rarely smooth. Branch leaves spreading-complanate proximally, smaller and loosely imbricate distally; apex 1-seriate, filiform. Sexual condition autoicous [dioicous]. Capsule exserted, ovoid [ovoid-cylindric]; operculum short-rostrate; exostome teeth papillose or rarely smooth; endostome segments papillose, cilia rudimentary or absent. Calyptra naked [pilose]. Spores smooth or granular.

Distribution

Nearly worldwide, tropical and subtropical regions

Discussion

Species ca. 40 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

... more about "Barbella"
autoicous +  and sexual +
filiform +
William D. Reese† +
M. Fleischer ex Brotherus in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl +
not auriculate +
squarrose +  and spreading +
spreading-complanate +
elongate +
short;elongate +
conic-mitrate +  and cucullate +
differentiated +
rudimentary +
rarely +  and single +
slender +
Nearly worldwide +  and tropical and subtropical regions +
Latin barba, beard, and - ella, diminutive, alluding to pendent secondary stems +
smooth +  and papillose +
smooth +  and seriate-papillose +
autoicous +, dioicous +  and sexual +
short-rostrate +
in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. +
granular +  and smooth +
spheric +
triangular-acuminate +
branched;foliate +
squarrose +  and spreading +
spreading-complanate +
Barbella +
Meteoriaceae +