Status: Native
Synonyms:
None
Frullania neomexicana has explanate lobules that are very small, shoehorn-shaped, and about 1/3 the width of
the lobe. The underleaves are about the same size as the lobules. The underleaves are about the width of the stem,
entire, and notched up to about 1/2 their length. The perianths are exserted up to 2/3 of their length and have a very
obvious beak.
Many thanks to the Missouri Botanical Garden and John Atwood for all their help and loaning this specimen for photography.
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Frullania neomexicana, collection John C. Brinda (det. John J. Atwood, 2020), Arizona, Greenlee County, Apache National Forest, Blue Range Primitive Area, along Lamphier Trail #52 in Lamphier Canyon on igneous rock, August 3, 2019; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, & Kelly Allred, December 11, 2023
Frullania neomexicana, dark field photomicrograph of stem with 2 perianths, collection John C. Brinda (det. John J. Atwood, 2020), Arizona, Greenlee County, Apache National Forest, Blue Range Primitive Area, along Lamphier Trail #52 in Lamphier Canyon on igneous rock, August 3, 2019; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, & Kelly Allred, December 11, 2023
Frullania neomexicana, photomicrograph of stem with diminutive lobules, collection John C. Brinda (det. John J. Atwood, 2020), Arizona, Greenlee County, Apache National Forest, Blue Range Primitive Area, along Lamphier Trail #52 in Lamphier Canyon on igneous rock, August 3, 2019; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, & Kelly Allred, December 11, 2023
Frullania neomexicana, photomicrograph of stem with underleaf and lobule side by side, collection John C. Brinda (det. John J. Atwood, 2020), Arizona, Greenlee County, Apache National Forest, Blue Range Primitive Area, along Lamphier Trail #52 in Lamphier Canyon on igneous rock, August 3, 2019; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, & Kelly Allred, December 11, 2023
Frullania neomexicana, photomicrograph of underleaf, collection John C. Brinda (det. John J. Atwood, 2020), Arizona, Greenlee County, Apache National Forest, Blue Range Primitive Area, along Lamphier Trail #52 in Lamphier Canyon on igneous rock, August 3, 2019; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, & Kelly Allred, December 11, 2023
Frullania neomexicana, photomicrograph of lobule, collection John C. Brinda (det. John J. Atwood, 2020), Arizona, Greenlee County, Apache National Forest, Blue Range Primitive Area, along Lamphier Trail #52 in Lamphier Canyon on igneous rock, August 3, 2019; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, & Kelly Allred, December 11, 2023
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