Barbula Moss (Barbula unguiculata)
Description
Stems - cm. Leaves firm when wet, long-ligulate to broadly lanceolate from an oblong base, -.5 mm, base often oblong and widened, not strongly sheathing, margins recurved in the proximal /-/3, rarely to near apex or plane, apex broadly acute to rounded; costa excurrent as a short or long mucro, seldom muticous, abaxial costal surface with scattered solid papillae, hydroids present; distal laminal cells firm-walled, quadrate, 8- �m wide, :, papillose. Specialized asexual reproduction absent. Perichaetial leaves weakly differentiated. Seta -.5 cm. Theca -.5 mm. Spores 8- �m.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Bryophyta
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Class: Bryopsida
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Order: Pottiales
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Family: Pottiaceae
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Genus: Barbula
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