Leucobryum glaucum

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumBryophyta
3. ClassBryopsida
4. OrderDicranales
5. FamilyLeucobryaceae

Observations recorded71,649

Plants often robust, up to 20 cm high, whitish to grayish green, in dense compact tufts or cushions. Stems erect, simple or branched; central strand absent. Leaves erect to erect-spreading or sometimes subsecund, 4–8 mm long, lanceolate to gradually narrowed to subtubulose apices from an oblong-ovate base, acute to apiculate or bluntly mucronate at the apex, dorsal side of leaf acumina smooth; margins entire, bordered by 2–3 rows of linear cells, basal laminae consisting of 5–9 rows of quadrate to rectangular cells; costa in cross section with 2(–3) layers of leucocysts on both sides of chlorocysts in the upper part of leaves, sometime 3(–4) layers of leucocysts on both sides of chlorocysts near leaf base. Dioicous. Setae slender, 2–3 cm long, reddish brown; capsules ovoid, 1.5–2.0 mm long, strongly inclined and curved, strumose; opercula long-rostrate; annuli none; peristome teeth the same as described under the genus.

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🔬Museum specimens

Specimen records

9,382

With media

4,523

Family

Leucobryaceae

Collections

IBUNAM, YPM, MICH

Recorded in

United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Leucobryum

Image

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