Family
Funariaceae
Species Name
Funaria hygrometrica Hedw.
Species Citation
Funaria hygrometrica Hedw. Sp. Musc. Frond. 172 (1801); Singh et al, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci India 75 (B): 41-50 (2005); Kumar & Kazmi, Leaf area indices of mosses from Unchahar, Raebareli, U.P. Geophytology 34: 121-123 (2006); Schwarz, Frahmia 13:1-19. (2016); Rawat et al. J. Plant Taxon. 23(2): 97-106 (2016).
Description
Plants green. Stems erect, upper leaves forming a rosette on top, broadly lanceolate to oblong obovate, apex acute to acumiate,margin entire or weakly serrate. Costa percurrent or short exrcurrent. Leaf cells thin walled, subhexagonal, elongated. Basal cells rectangular, thin walled, marginal cells narrow, border cells not differentiated. Seta long, erect, strongly arcuate, capsule horizontal to pendulous, asymmetrical, arcuate pyriform. Peristome teeth double, typical epicranoid, apices of teeth united to a central disc. Spores rounded, green.
Amphigastria or Underleaf
Absent
Capsule
Exerted
Columella
Present
Elaters
Absent
Gemmae
Absent
Growth Form
Leafy
Habit
Mosses
Leaf Costa
Present
Lobule
Absent
Peristome
Present
Psudoelaters
Absent
Ventral Scales
Absent
Distribution (District-wise)
Agra/Rae Bareli
Habitat
Terricolous
