Campylopus angustiretis

(Austin) Lesquereu×& James

Man., 80. 1884,.

Basionym: Dicranum angustirete Austin Bot. Gaz. 4: 150. 1879
Synonyms: Campylopus delicatulus R. S. Williams Campylopus gracilicaulis subsp. angustiretis (Austin) Kindberg Campylopus surinamensis var. angustiretis (Austin) J.-P. Frahm
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 27. Treatment on page 368. Mentioned on page 367, 369, 372.

Plants 5–20 mm, in loose light green to gray-green mats, evenly foliate with distant, spreading leaves, the distal ones sometimes forming a comal tuft, not tomentose. Leaves 6 mm, lanceolate, keeled, long-decurrent, gradually narrowed into a fine channelled, concolorous, straight tip that denticulate at the outermost apex; alar cells large, inflated and auriculate, hyaline; basal laminal cells rectangular, moderately thick-walled, narrower and thin-walled in several marginal rows; distal laminal cells elongate, 6–10: 1, not sharply delimited from the basal laminal cells; costa relatively narrow, filling 1/4–1/3 of leaf width, excurrent, in transverse-section with a adaxial band of hyalocysts that slightly smaller than the median deuters, abaxially with groups of stereids, smooth at back. Specialized asexual reproduction not known. Sporophytes not known.


Habitat: Open sandy soil in wet depressions in coastal lowlands
Elevation: 0-20 m

Distribution

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Fla., West Indies, South America

Discussion

Campylopus angustiretis differs from all other species of the genus by its elongate distal laminal cells. Thus it is not certain if it actually belongs to this genus. Because of the lack of sporophytes a decision cannot be made. It has been treated as a variety of the sympatric C. surinamensis and superficially resembles certain expressions of that species (described as C. donnellii). It differs, however, by a narrower costa, the awn not coarsely serrate, the transverse section of the costa showing larger hyalocysts, and distinctly keeled leaves.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"fine" is not a number.

... more about "Campylopus angustiretis"
dioicous +  and sexual +
lamellose +  and ridged +
slightly smaller +
not dehiscent +
persistent +  and deciduous +
Jan-Peter Frahm +
(Austin) Lesquereu×& James +
short to long +
thin-walled +  and thick-walled +
broader +
Dicranum angustirete +
microphyllous +
reproduction +  and asexual +
pseudolateral +
entire +  and ciliate +
cucullate +
asymmetric +  and symmetric +
non-stereid +
papillose +  and mammillose +
auriculate +  and inflated +
not differentiated +
twisted +  and sinuose +
percurrent;excurrent +
specialized +
slightly smaller +
excurrent +
Fla. +, West Indies +  and South America +
0-20 m +
Open sandy soil in wet depressions in coastal lowlands +
microphyllous +  and foliate +
deciduous +
narrowed +, long-decurrent +, keeled +  and lanceolate +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (?) +
nonpitted +  and pitted +
toothed +  and forked +
pitted-striolate +
papillose +  and striolate +
hyaline +, orange and horizontally striate +  and reddish +
undifferentiated +
cygneous +  and elongate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
spheric +
with dense reddish or whitish tomentum +  and not tomentose +
superficial +
Campylopus delicatulus +, Campylopus gracilicaulis subsp. angustiretis +  and Campylopus surinamensis var. angustiretis +
Campylopus angustiretis +
Campylopus +
species +
concolorous +
straight +
deciduous +
denticulate +
whitish +, reddish +  and dense +
lanceolate +