Family
Funariaceae
Species Name
Loiseaubryum nutans (Mitt.) Fife.
Species Citation
Loiseaubryum nutans (Mitt.) Fife. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 58:192 (1985); Gangulee, Vol. II, Calcutta, India. (1974-78); Lal, In: Nath & Asthana (eds.), Current trends in Bryology. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun, India pp.131-147 (2007); Schwarz, Frahmia 13:1-19 (2016); Rawat et al. J. Plant Taxon. 23(2): 97-106 (2016).
Synonym: Entosthodon nutans Mitt., J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Bot., suppl. 1: 55 (1859).
Description
Plants yellowish green, erect, small, usually unbranched. In cross section of the stem central strand present. Leaves lanceolate, apex acuminate, margin dentate at apex, costa percurrent, Leaf apical cells and median cells thin walled, rhomboidal to rectangular. Leaf basal cells rectangular. Seta erect. Capsule ovate, horizontal to pendulous. Stomata present at the base of the capsule wall. Peristome not seen. Spores rounded, brown, spinate
Amphigastria or Underleaf
Absent
Capsule
Exerted
Columella
Absent
Elaters
Absent
Gemmae
Absent
Growth Form
Leafy
Habit
Mosses
Leaf Costa
Present
Lobule
Absent
Peristome
Absent
Psudoelaters
Absent
Ventral Scales
Absent
Distribution (District-wise)
Balrampur
Habitat
Terricolous
