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Moss China | Family List | Moss China V. 2 | Pottiaceae | Hydrogonium

1. Hydrogonium anceps (Card.) Herz. & Nog., J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 14:60. 1955; Barbula anceps Card., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 19(2): 102, f. 7. 1905.

Plants medium-sized to rather large, 30–40 mm high, green to yellowish brown, in dense tufts. Stems erect, branched. Leaves erectopatent, flat, ovate-lanceolate, 2.0–2.3 mm x 0.6–0.8 mm, gradually acuminate at the apex; margins entire, weakly revolute; costa stout, percurrent; upper leaf cells quadrate or shortly rounded rectangular, thick-walled, minutely papillose; basal cells irregularly narrow-rectangular, thin-walled, smooth. Perichaetial leaves ovate-lanceolate, concave, gradually acuminate at the apex. Sporophytes not seen.

Type. China: Taiwan, Tai-pei Co., Kushaku 130 (holotype PC).

Specimen examined: Only the type specimen was seen.

Habitat: on rocks; Distribution: endemic to China.

Illustrations: Pl. 123, figs. 1–4.


 

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