View source for Cryphaea ← Cryphaea You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Cryphaea |accepted_authority=D. Mohr in F. Weber |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=in F. Weber, Tab. Calyptr. Operc., [ |place=3]. 1814 |year=1814 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Cryphaeaceae;Cryphaea |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cryphaeaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cryphaea]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek kryphos, concealment, alluding to immersed sporophytes |volume=Volume 28 |mention_page=page 584, 599, 652 |treatment_page=page 585 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism size;whole_organism coloration;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism coloration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>small, green to glaucous or brownish green.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;secondary stem orientation;branch size;branch architecture;branch architecture"><b>Stems </b>with secondary stems decumbent to spreading and ascending, branches short-to-elongate, simple or irregularly branched;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="paraphyllium presence;pseudoparaphyllium presence">paraphyllia and pseudoparaphyllia absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf orientation"><b>Leaves </b>tightly imbricate when dry, usually widespreading when moist;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="margin shape;margin orientation">margins plane or somewhat recurved proximally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="">medial laminal cells smooth or prorulose abaxially, especially distally, mostly smooth adaxially.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="medial laminal cell architecture or pubescence or relief;medial laminal cell architecture or pubescence or relief;medial laminal cell architecture or pubescence or relief;medial laminal cell reproduction;medial laminal cell reproduction"><b>Sexual </b>condition autoicous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="perichaetium position;inner leaf architecture or shape;awn shape">perichaetia lateral, inner leaves usually ± awned, awns usually denticulate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="seta height or length or size"><b>Seta </b>very short.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="capsule prominence"><b>Capsule </b>immersed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="">peristome double (single in C. ravenelii);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="exostome tooth shape">exostome teeth narrowly triangular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="endostome segment size or width;endostome segment relief;endostome segment prominence;endostome segment presence">endostome segments narrow, papillose, sometimes indistinct or absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="calyptra shape;calyptra shape;calyptra relief;calyptra relief"><b>Calyptra </b>conic or sometimes almost cucullate, smooth or papillose.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Nearly worldwide;mostly tropical and subtropical regions |discussion=<p>Species ca. 60 (4 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Cryphaea occurs in thin or dense colonies, with slender, often inconspicuous branches standing out from the substrate. The dull, wiry aspect of the spreading, mostly simple branches is characteristic.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaf apices rounded to bluntly acute; peristome single; exostome teeth in pair s. |[[Cryphaea ravenelii|Cryphaea ravenelii]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaf apices acute to acuminate; peristome double; exostome teeth single |[[#key-0-2| > 2]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Leaf costae percurrent or nearly so; apices acuminate. |[[Cryphaea nervosa|Cryphaea nervosa]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Leaf costae not percurrent; apices acute to short-acuminate |[[#key-0-3| > 3]] |-id=key-0-3 |3 |Inner perichaetial leaves 2.5-2.8 mm, awns 1/2 length expanded portion of leaf; leaf costae tip not 2-fid; s Florida. |[[Cryphaea filiformis|Cryphaea filiformis]] |-id=key-0-3 |3 |Inner perichaetial leaves 1.6-1.9 mm, awns 1/5 -1/4 length expanded portion of leaf; leaf costae tip ± 2-fid; e, se United States. |[[Cryphaea glomerata|Cryphaea glomerata]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Cryphaea |author=William D. Reese† |authority=D. Mohr in F. Weber |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Cryphaeaceae |distribution=Nearly worldwide;mostly tropical and subtropical regions |reference=None |publication title=in F. Weber, Tab. Calyptr. Operc., [ |publication year=1814 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V28/V28_917.xml |genus=Cryphaea |awn shape=denticulate |branch architecture=branched;simple |branch size=short;elongate |calyptra relief=papillose;smooth |calyptra shape=cucullate;conic |capsule prominence=immersed |endostome segment presence=absent |endostome segment prominence=indistinct |endostome segment relief=papillose |endostome segment size or width=narrow |exostome tooth shape=triangular |inner leaf architecture or shape=awned |leaf arrangement=imbricate |leaf orientation=widespreading |margin orientation=recurved |margin shape=plane |medial laminal cell architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth;prorulose;smooth |medial laminal cell reproduction=autoicous;sexual |paraphyllium presence=absent |perichaetium position=lateral |pseudoparaphyllium presence=absent |secondary stem orientation=decumbent;spreading |seta height or length or size=short |stem orientation=ascending |whole_organism coloration=brownish green;green |whole_organism growth form=plant |whole_organism pubescence=glaucous |whole_organism size=small }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Cryphaeaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Cryphaeaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Cryphaea.