Status: Native
Synonyms:
Bryum subapiculatum Hampe
Gemmabryum subapiculatum has abundant large (about 200 micron) bright red smooth spherical rhizoidal tubers that arise from slender
red rhizoids that are about the same color as the tubers. The leaves are acuminate with a percurrent costa. We found Gemmabryum
subapiculatum in a moist canyon in an otherwise arid mountain range.
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Gemmabryum subapiculatum, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Jason Brooks & John Brinda, Animas Mtns., ridge west of Indian Creek, April 4, 2019
Gemmabryum subapiculatum, photomicrograph of single stem with rhizoidal tubers, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Jason Brooks & John Brinda, Animas Mtns., ridge west of Indian Creek, April 4, 2019
Gemmabryum subapiculatum, photomicrograph of rhizoidal tuber, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Jason Brooks & John Brinda, Animas Mtns., ridge west of Indian Creek, April 4, 2019
Gemmabryum subapiculatum, photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Jason Brooks & John Brinda, Animas Mtns., ridge west of Indian Creek, April 4, 2019
Gemmabryum subapiculatum, photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Jason Brooks & John Brinda, Animas Mtns., ridge west of Indian Creek, April 4, 2019
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