黑对齿藓

Andreaea yuennanenis Broth., Symb. Sin. 4: 9. 1929. Type. China: Yunnan, Zhong-dian (Chungtien) Co., Handel-Mazzetti 6952 (holotype H). Barbula subrivicola P.-C. Chen, Hedwigia 80: 213. 35 f. 7–13. 1941. Type. China: Sichuan (Setschwan), Yan-yuan (Yenyuen) Co., Handel-Mazzetti 5538 (holotype H). Barbula subrivicola var. densifolia P.-C. Chen, Hedwigia 80: 215. 1941. Type. China: Sichuan (Setschwan), between Yalung and Tschahung, Handel-Mazzetti 2669 (holotype H).

Plants small to medium-sized, 10–20 mm high, dark green to dark reddish brown, in cushions or dense tufts. Stems erect, often branched; central strand absent. Leaves appressed or somewhat involute when dry, erect-spreading when moist, broadly ovate- to shortly ovate-lanceolate, 1.3–1.6 mm × 0.3–0.5 mm, narrowly obtuse to blunt at the apex; margins entire, distinctly revolute; costa stout, dark brown, percurrent or ending just below the apex; upper leaf cells rounded hexagonal, 6–12 µm × 8–12 µm, thick-walled, with blunt large papillae; basal cells rectangular, 12–24 µm × 8–14 µm, thick-walled, smooth or sometimes with single papilla. Dioicous. Perichaetial leaves larger than stem leaves. Setae slender, ca. 7 mm long, dark reddish; capsules erect, blackish red, cylindrical, ca. 2.5 mm long; opercula conic-rostrate with a short beak.

Type. Sikkim: J. D. Hooker 169 (NY).

Chinese specimens examined: JILIN: Chang-bai Shan (Mt.), C. Gao 1069, 1194 (HKAS, IFSBH). JIANGSU: Nan-jing City, M. Zang 197 (HKAS). JIANGXI: Jing-gang Shan (Mt.), D.-K. Li 16927 (HKAS, SHM). NEI MONGOL: He-lan Shan (Mt.), Z.-G. Tong 2179 (PE). SHAANXI: Hu Co., M. Wang 502, 595a (HKAS); eastern Tai-bai Shan (Mt.), Z.-C. Zhu 6 (HKAS); western Tai-bai Shan (Mt.), Z.-P. Wei 6300 (HKAS, WUG). SHANGHAI: Song-jiang Co., D.-K. Li 1329 (HKAS, SHM). SICHUAN: Ba-tang Co., X.-J. Li 81–2999 (HKAS); De-rong Co., X.-J. Li 81–2841 (HKAS); Lu-ding Co., Y. Xuan 17833 (HKAS); Ma-er-kang Co., S. He 31254 (MO); Mu-li Co., K.-K. Chen 547 (HKAS); Wen-chuan Co., J.-X. Luo 3680 (PE). TAIWAN: Tai-zhong Co., Koponen 17985 (H). XINJIANG: Begeda Shan (Mt.), J.-C. Zhao 2275 (HKAS); Urumqi Co., S. He 951086 (MO). XIZANG: Long-zi Co., M. Zang 909, 922 (HKAS); Shuang-hu Co., K.-Y. Lang 1049 (HKAS); Ya-dong Co., M. Zang 981 (HKAS); Zhu-mu-long-ma-feng (Mt. Everest), X.-G. Wang 49 (MO, PE). YUNNAN: An-ning Co., X.-J. Li 81–87 (HKAS); Bai-ma Snow Mt., X.-J. Li 81–2075 (HKAS); Bin-chuan Co., M.-K. Cui 821e (HYUB); De-qin Co., X.-J. Li 81–2075 (HKAS); Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Croat 77628 (MO); Li-jiang Co., X.-J. Li 85305 (HKAS), W.-X. Xu 914 (HYUB). ZHEJIANG: Long-tang Shan (Mt.), R.-L. Hu 62 (HKAS, HSNU).

Habitat: on calcareous rocks or cliffs in montane forests or subalpine grasslands; Distribution: China, India, Japan, and North America.

Illustrations: C. Gao (ed.) 1996 (Pl. 63, figs. 5–8, as Barbula nigrescens).