Plants of the Gila Wilderness

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Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Entodon sullivantii (Müll. Hal.) Lindberg

Family: Entodontaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Neckera sullivantii Müll. Hal.

Entodon sullivantii is yellow-green in color when fresh and acute at the leaf apex with a terminal cell that is about twice as long as wide or shorter. The leaves are 2mm long or less. Unlike E. schleicheri , the peristome has an annulus.

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Entodon sullivantii, collection by J. Sharp & ID by A.J. Grout, Tennessee, Morgan County, near Wartburg & Harriman, 1934; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 14, 2023




Entodon sullivantii, photomicrograph of dry stems, collection by J. Sharp & ID by A.J. Grout, Tennessee, Morgan County, near Wartburg & Harriman, 1934; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 14, 2023




Entodon sullivantii, photomicrograph of dry stems, collection by J. Sharp & ID by A.J. Grout, Tennessee, Morgan County, near Wartburg & Harriman, 1934; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 14, 2023




Entodon sullivantii, photomicrograph of leaf, collection & ID by L.E. Anderson & P.M. Patterson, Virginia, Patrick County, W of Stuart, Pinnacles of Dan, October 18, 1952; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 14, 2023




Entodon sullivantii, photomicrograph of leaf, collection and ID by L.E. Anderson & P.M. Patterson, Virginia, Patrick County, W of Stuart, Pinnacles of Dan, October 18, 1952; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 14, 2023




Entodon sullivantii, photomicrograph of leaf apex, collection and ID by L.E. Anderson & P.M. Patterson, Virginia, Patrick County, W of Stuart, Pinnacles of Dan, October 18, 1952; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 14, 2023




Entodon sullivantii, photomicrograph of leaf base, collection and ID by L.E. Anderson & P.M. Patterson, Virginia, Patrick County, W of Stuart, Pinnacles of Dan, October 18, 1952; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 14, 2023




Entodon sullivantii, photomicrograph of cells at midleaf, collection and ID by L.E. Anderson & P.M. Patterson, Virginia, Patrick County, W of Stuart, Pinnacles of Dan, October 18, 1952; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 14, 2023




Entodon sullivantii, photomicrograph of capsule, collection by J. Sharp & ID by A.J. Grout, Tennessee, Morgan County, near Wartburg & Harriman, 1934; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 14, 2023




Entodon sullivantii, photomicrograph of annulus (arrows), collection by J. Sharp & ID by A.J. Grout, Tennessee, Morgan County, near Wartburg & Harriman, 1934; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 14, 2023



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