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Ambiguous Trematodon Moss (Trematodon ambiguus)

Description

Leaves ovate-lanceolate to short-subulate from an ovate or obovate base, serrulate at apex; costa excurrent or at least filling the leaf apex. Seta long, 10-30 mm. Capsule inclined, curved; neck as long as urn, long-cylindric, strumose at base; peristome teeth 2-fid or long-perforate, not fragile, commonly persistent; annulus compound, revoluble.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Bryophyta

        • Class: Bryopsida

          • Order: Dicranales

            • Family: Bruchiaceae

              • Genus: Trematodon