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BFNA Title: Neckeropsis |
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NECKEROPSIS Reichardt, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges, Wien 18: 192. 1868 Inés Sastre-De Jesús Plants growing in mats or perpendicular to
substrate, glossy green. Primary stem attached
to substrate and secondary stem irregularly pinnately branched. Secondary stem leaves spreading to
squarrose, undulate to smooth, asymmetric, oblong, ligulate; leaf base
broadly ovate to oblong, sometimes clasping at base, distinctly to slightly
auriculate; apex broadly to rounded-truncate; margins distinctly to slightly
serrulate at apex, entire proximally, plane; costa single, reaching 1/2--3/4
leaf length; cells of leaf apex rectangular to rhomboidal, distal median
cells rhomboidal to elongate-rectangular, basal cells rectangular, pitted or
unpitted. Sexual condition
synoicous or autoicous. Fertile stem
with leaf-like paraphyses at base of seta. Seta short, embedded in vaginula. Capsule immersed; exostome teeth lanceolate, papillose; endostome
with a low basal membrane, segments papillose. Spores papillose 13--18 \um. SELECTED
REFERENCES Breen, R. S. 1963. Mosses
of Species ca. 35
(2 species in the flora): worldwide, tropical and subtropical regions. 1. Leaves
spreading to squarrose, undulate at least when moist; leaf base distinctly
auriculate ….1. Neckeropsis undulata 1. Leaves
mostly spreading, not squarrose, not undulate when moist; leaf base not
auriculate, mostly oblong ……2. Neckeropsis
disticha 1. Neckeropsis undulata (Hedwig) Reichardt, Verh. Zool. Ges.
Wien 18: 192. 1868 Neckera undulata Hedwig, Sp. Musc. Frond., 201. 1801 Stem leaves spreading to squarrose,
undulate-lunate when dry or moist, oblong-ligulate, 1.5--2(--3) mm, apex
rounded-truncate to truncate, leaf base strongly ovate-auriculate; costa 3/4
of leaf length. Sexual condition
autoicous, sometimes synoicous. Capsules
mature winter--spring (also Aug.). Limestone rocks, tree trunks, logs; 0--70
m; Neckeropsis undulata is easily recognized by leaves
lunate-undulate wet or dry, with apex truncate, and leaf base broadly auriculate.
Outside the flora area, it occurs from lowland to lower montane forests, from
sea level to 1800 m. 2. Neckeropsis disticha (Hedwig) Kindberg, Canad. Rec. Sci. 6:
21. 1894 Neckera disticha Hedwig, Sp. Musc. Frond., 201. 1801 Stem leaves spreading, crisped when dry, smooth
when moist, oblong, (1--)1.5--1.6(--2) mm, leaf base slightly ovate, not
auriculate; costa 1/2--3/4 of leaf length. Sexual condition synoicous. Capsules
mature fall--summer. Swamp forests and hammocks on trees, logs and rocks;
0--70 m; Fla.; Mexico; West Indies; Central America; South America; tropical
Africa; Indian Ocean Islands (Comoros). South of
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