Notohypnum chrysogaster

(Müll.Hal.) Jan Kučera & Ignatov
Taxon 68: 646 (2019)
Taxonomic status Accepted
Occurrence status Present
Origin Native
Degree of establishment Native

Dioicous. Stems prostrate, to 15 cm long, regularly pinnately branched. Leaves falcate-secund, ovate- or oblong-lanceolate, cordate at base; apices acuminate; margins entire to serrulate toward apices, plane; midlaminal cells linear, 60–90 (–100) μm long, c. 3 μm wide, smooth; alar cells subquadrate, 7–25 μm long, 10–20 μm wide, 2–4 along margin; stem leaves 1.4–2 mm long, 0.5–0.7 mm wide; branch leaves narrower, 1.2–1.5 mm long, 0.25–0.4 mm wide. Setae 20–50 mm long, orange- to light brown, smooth. Capsules inclined to horizontal, oblong-cylindric, curved, 1.8–2.5 mm long. Opercula conic-apiculate, c. 0.6 mm long.

VVP, CVU, WPro, HSF, VAlp. Known in Victoria from subalpine woodland on the Baw Baw Plateau and wet heath in the Grampians. Also NSW, ACT, TAS and Lord Howe and Macquarie Islands. New Zealand, Chile and Tristan da Cunha.

Created by: Daniel Ohlsen, 18 Mar. 2022
Notohypnum chrysogaster (distribution map) Spinning