Family
Pottiaceae
Species Name
Weissia controversa Hedw.
Species Citation
Weissia controversa Hedw. Spec. Musc., 67 (1801). Saito J. Hattori Bot. Lab., 39: 426 (1975); Aziz & Vohra, Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun, India, pp. 1-366 (2008); Sahu & Asthana, Tropical Plant Research 2(3): 180–191 (2015).
Description
Plants yellowish green above brown, small. Stems erect, simple or branched, cross section of stem central strand well developed, hyalodermis differentiated. Leaves crisped to curled when dry, lanceolate to linear lanceoalate, apex acute,margin incurved in distal portion, entire, plane. Costa exrcurrent into a apiculas, smooth at back. Leaf apical and median cells incrassate, roundedquadrate, papillose with many papillae. Basal cells incrassate, smooth, rectangular. Seta erect, capsule erect, ovoid tocylindrical. Peristome teeth lanceolate, papillose. Spores rounded, brown.
Amphigastria or Underleaf
Absent
Capsule
Exerted
Columella
Absent
Elaters
Absent
Gemmae
Absent
Growth Form
Leafy
Habit
Mosses
Leaf Costa
Present
Lobule
Absent
Peristome
Present
Psudoelaters
Absent
Ventral Scales
Absent
Distribution (District-wise)
Shahjahanpur
Habitat
Terricolous
