Status: Native
Synonyms:
Brachymenium macrocarpum Cardot
Bryum klotzschii (Schwägr.) Mitt.
Didymodon klotzschii Schwägr.
Brachymenium klotzschii differs from B. mexicanum in having a limbidium of
elongate cells. It also has dark rhizoidal tubers growing in clusters that aren't found on B. mexicanum. The leaves
on Brachymenium klotzschii are strongly spirally twisted. B. klotzschii is usually
found on tree trunks while B. mexicanum is found on rocks.
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Brachymenium klotzschii, collection by C.A. Purpus (det. E.B. Bartram), Mexico, Vera Cruz, Zacuapan, November, 1918; photograph Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 5, 2023
Brachymenium klotzschii, photomicrograph of spirally coiled dry stem, collection by C.A. Purpus (det. E.B. Bartram), Mexico, Vera Cruz, Zacuapan, November, 1918; photograph Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 5, 2023
Brachymenium klotzschii, photomicrograph of spirally coiled dry stem, collection by C.A. Purpus (det. E.B. Bartram), Mexico, Vera Cruz, Zacuapan, November, 1918; photograph Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 5, 2023
Brachymenium klotzschii, dark field photomicrograph of spirally coiled dry stem, collection ID by C.A. Purpus (det. E.B. Bartram), Mexico, Vera Cruz, Zacuapan, November, 1918; photograph Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 5, 2023
Brachymenium klotzschii, photomicrograph of moistened stem, collection by C.A. Purpus (det. E.B. Bartram), Mexico, Vera Cruz, Zacuapan, November, 1918; photograph Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 5, 2023
Brachymenium klotzschii, photomicrograph of leaf, collection by C.A. Purpus (det. E.B. Bartram), Mexico, Vera Cruz, Zacuapan, November, 1918; photograph Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 5, 2023
Brachymenium klotzschii, photomicrograph of 2 leaves, collection by C.A. Purpus (det. E.B. Bartram), Mexico, Vera Cruz, Zacuapan, November, 1918; photograph Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 5, 2023
Brachymenium klotzschii, photomicrograph of leaf apex, collection ID by C.A. Purpus (det. E.B. Bartram), Mexico, Vera Cruz, Zacuapan, November, 1918; photograph Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 5, 2023
Brachymenium klotzschii, photomicrograph of leaf base, collection by C.A. Purpus (det. E.B. Bartram), Mexico, Vera Cruz, Zacuapan, November, 1918; photograph Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 5, 2023
Brachymenium klotzschii, photomicrograph of cells at mid-leaf, collection by C.A. Purpus (det. E.B. Bartram), Mexico, Vera Cruz, Zacuapan, November, 1918; photograph Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 5, 2023
Brachymenium klotzschii, photomicrograph of 2-cell wide limbidium, collection by C.A. Purpus (det. E.B. Bartram), Mexico, Vera Cruz, Zacuapan, November, 1918; photograph Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 5, 2023
Brachymenium klotzschii, photomicrograph of capsule, collection by C.A. Purpus (det. E.B. Bartram), Mexico, Vera Cruz, Zacuapan, November, 1918; photograph Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 5, 2023
Brachymenium klotzschii, photomicrograph of rhizoidal tuber, collection by C.A. Purpus (det. E.B. Bartram), Mexico, Vera Cruz, Zacuapan, November, 1918; photograph Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 5, 2023
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