Family
Funariaceae
Species Name
Entosthodon wichurae M. Fleisch.
Species Citation
Entosthodon wichurae M. Fleisch. in Musci Fl. Buitenz., 2: 481 (1904); Sahu & Asthana, Tropical Plant Research 2(3): 180–191 (2015); Schwarz, Frahmia 13:1-19 (2016); Rawat et al. J. Plant Taxon. 23(2): 97-106 (2016).
Description
Plants yellowish green, erect, small, usually unbranched. Leaves crowded at top, ovate to spathulate, apex acute, margin serrate at upper two thirds of the leaf, costa ending below apex, Leaf apical cells and median cells thin walled, rhomboidal to rectangular. Leaf basal cells rectangular. One row of elongated cells forming a clear border. Seta erect, long. Capsule pyriform with an apophysis, erect. Peristome rudimentry. Spores rounded, brown, rough warty.
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)
Pilibhit
Habitat
Terricolous
