Tortula muralis

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumBryophyta
3. ClassBryopsida
4. OrderPottiales
5. FamilyPottiaceae

Observations recorded89,166

Leaves ovate or elliptic to obovate, apex broadly acute to rounded or emarginate, short- to long-awned, margins narrowly recurved or revolute to near apex, commonly bordered distally with 2-4 rows of thicker-walled, papillose to smooth cells; costa long-excurrent, lacking an adaxial pad of cells, distally narrow, 3-4(-6) cells across the convex adaxial surface; distal laminal cells hexagonal, 10-15 µm wide, 1:1, strongly papillose with 2(-4)-fid papillae. Sexual condition autoicous. Sporophytes exerted. Seta 0.6-1.5 cm. Capsule stegocarpic, not systylius, cylindric, erect and nearly straight, urn 1.5-2.7 mm; peristome 300 µm, teeth of 32 filaments twisted 1/2-2 times, basal membrane low, to 50 µm; operculum 0.6-1 mm. Spores 8-12 µm, spheric, finely papillose or essentially smooth.

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Specimen records

4,012

With media

1,650

Family

Pottiaceae

Collections

CHSC, TENN, IBUNAM, YPM, UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL, CAS

Recorded in

United States, Italy, France, Canada, New Zealand

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Tortula

Image

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