Status: Native
Synonyms:
Trichostomum subsecundum Hook. & Grev. ex Harv.
Grimmia subsecunda (Hook. & Grev. ex Harv.) Mitt.
Racomitrium subsecundum (Hook. & Grev. ex Harv.) Mitt. & Wilson
Bucklandiella subsecunda has stems up to 8cm long with branch tips that are falcate secund.
The laminal cells are smooth on cross section, although they certainly look papillose
the way the cells appear wavy and bumpy en face. There is a long but smooth hairpoint.
Many thanks to the University of Colorado Herbarium (COLO), Erin Tripp & Dina Clark for permitting us
to photograph this specimen.
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Bucklandiella subsecunda, collection by T. Pócs, det. by R. Ochyra, Tanzania, Arusha District, Mt. Meru, summit area in the valley of a tributary of Engare Narok (dominant moss on open lava rocks), June 15, 1986; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 28, 2023
Bucklandiella subsecunda, photomicrograph of branch tip, collection by T. Pócs, det. by R. Ochyra, Tanzania, Arusha District, Mt. Meru, summit area in the valley of a tributary of Engare Narok (dominant moss on open lava rocks), June 15, 1986; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 28, 2023
Bucklandiella subsecunda, dark field photomicrograph of dry branch, collection by T. Pócs, det. by R. Ochyra, Tanzania, Arusha District, Mt. Meru, summit area in the valley of a tributary of Engare Narok (dominant moss on open lava rocks), June 15, 1986; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 28, 2023
Bucklandiella subsecunda, dark field photomicrograph of moistened branch, collection by T. Pócs, det. by R. Ochyra, Tanzania, Arusha District, Mt. Meru, summit area in the valley of a tributary of Engare Narok (dominant moss on open lava rocks), June 15, 1986; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 28, 2023
Bucklandiella subsecunda, photomicrograph of leaf, collection by T. Pócs, det. by R. Ochyra, Tanzania, Arusha District, Mt. Meru, summit area in the valley of a tributary of Engare Narok (dominant moss on open lava rocks), June 15, 1986; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 28, 2023
Bucklandiella subsecunda, photomicrograph of leaf, collection by T. Pócs, det. by R. Ochyra, Tanzania, Arusha District, Mt. Meru, summit area in the valley of a tributary of Engare Narok (dominant moss on open lava rocks), June 15, 1986; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 28, 2023
Bucklandiella subsecunda, photomicrograph of leaf, collection by T. Pócs, det. by R. Ochyra, Tanzania, Arusha District, Mt. Meru, summit area in the valley of a tributary of Engare Narok (dominant moss on open lava rocks), June 15, 1986; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 28, 2023
Bucklandiella subsecunda, photomicrograph of leaf apex, collection by T. Pócs, det. by R. Ochyra, Tanzania, Arusha District, Mt. Meru, summit area in the valley of a tributary of Engare Narok (dominant moss on open lava rocks), June 15, 1986; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 28, 2023
Bucklandiella subsecunda, photomicrograph of leaf base, collection by T. Pócs, det. by R. Ochyra, Tanzania, Arusha District, Mt. Meru, summit area in the valley of a tributary of Engare Narok (dominant moss on open lava rocks), June 15, 1986; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 28, 2023
Bucklandiella subsecunda, photomicrograph of cells near midleaf, collection by T. Pócs, det. by R. Ochyra, Tanzania, Arusha District, Mt. Meru, summit area in the valley of a tributary of Engare Narok (dominant moss on open lava rocks), June 15, 1986; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 28, 2023
Bucklandiella subsecunda, dark field photomicrograph of stem cross section, collection by T. Pócs, det. by R. Ochyra, Tanzania, Arusha District, Mt. Meru, summit area in the valley of a tributary of Engare Narok (dominant moss on open lava rocks), June 15, 1986; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 28, 2023
Bucklandiella subsecunda, dark field photomicrograph of leaf cross section, collection by T. Pócs, det. by R. Ochyra, Tanzania, Arusha District, Mt. Meru, summit area in the valley of a tributary of Engare Narok (dominant moss on open lava rocks), June 15, 1986; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 28, 2023
Bucklandiella subsecunda, dark field photomicrograph of leaf cross section, collection by T. Pócs, det. by R. Ochyra, Tanzania, Arusha District, Mt. Meru, summit area in the valley of a tributary of Engare Narok (dominant moss on open lava rocks), June 15, 1986; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 28, 2023
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