Claim · model-written summary
The species is very rare and has a disjunct distribution in northwestern North America and Europe.
- Taxon
- Andreaea sinuosaAndreaea sinuosat0
- Outcome
- Very rare and widely disjuncte0
- Setting
- northwestern North America and northwestern Europee0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorDirectionValueQualifier
Verbatim
e0“Very rare and widely disjunct in northwestern North America and northwestern Europe”
t0“Andreaea sinuosa”
Title
Andreaea sinuosa, sp. nov. (Musci: Andreaeaceae), from Alaska, British Columbia and Scotland
Barbara M. Murray The Bryologist 1986. doi:10.2307/3243281
Other claims from this paper (18)
- Observation Andreaea sinuosa is described as a new species without close relatives.
- Observation The species has narrow lanceolate leaves lacking a costa and bearing incurved margins.
- Observation The spores are small, at 11–21 im.
- Observation The basal leaf cells have sinuose walls, unlike other ecostate Andreaeae.
- Observation The species occupies exposed rock in oceanic mountainous regions, often in snow beds.
- Method / resource A key to ecostate Andreaeae of North America and Europe was supplied.
- Observation The new species was found among collections identified mostly as A. rupestris.
- Observation Plants are small, densely tufted and brittle with dark coloration.
- Observation The protonemata persist and have stolon-like filaments and rhizoids.
- Observation Stems are erect and rarely exceed 10 mm in height.
- Observation Scale leaves are frequent on lower stems and about 0.25–0.30 mm long.
- Observation Leaves are spirally arranged and reach 1.6 mm.
- Observation Leaf lamina thickness is about 22–28 im distally.
- Observation Leaf lamina thickness is about 15–20 im proximally.
- Observation Upper leaf cells are 10–14(16) /m long.
- Observation Upper leaf cells are 10–12 /m wide.
- Observation Basal cells are 22–50 im long.
- Observation Basal cells are 10–12 lim wide.