Status: Native
Synonyms:
None
Grimmia texicana was recently reported as a new species by Henk Greven in 2010. The leaves have a prominent ovate base
and plane margins. The basal juxtacostal cells are rectangular. The distal lamina is 2-stratose. The manner in which the
2-stratose portion of the leaf interdigitates in strands into the hyaline base is rather distinctive.
Many thanks to the New York Botanical Garden & Laura Briscoe for loaning us this specimen for photography (and to Dale Kruse
of TAES for mailing it to us from Texas A&M).
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Grimmia texicana, collection and ID by Henk C. Greven (Holotype), Texas, Jeff Davis County, Fort Davis, N-facing granite rock wall along route 166, 11 mi NW of Fort Davis, March 17, 2009; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, August 24, 2023
Grimmia texicana, dry, collection and ID by Henk C. Greven (Holotype), Texas, Jeff Davis County, Fort Davis, N-facing granite rock wall along route 166, 11 mi NW of Fort Davis, March 17, 2009; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, August 24, 2023
Grimmia texicana, photomicrograph of moistened stem, collection and ID by Henk C. Greven (Holotype), Texas, Jeff Davis County, Fort Davis, N-facing granite rock wall along route 166, 11 mi NW of Fort Davis, March 17, 2009; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, August 24, 2023
Grimmia texicana, photomicrograph of leaf, collection and ID by Henk C. Greven (Holotype), Texas, Jeff Davis County, Fort Davis, N-facing granite rock wall along route 166, 11 mi NW of Fort Davis, March 17, 2009; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, August 24, 2023
Grimmia texicana, photomicrograph of leaf, collection and ID by Henk C. Greven (Holotype), Texas, Jeff Davis County, Fort Davis, N-facing granite rock wall along route 166, 11 mi NW of Fort Davis, March 17, 2009; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, August 24, 2023
Grimmia texicana, photomicrograph of leaf, collection and ID by Henk C. Greven (Holotype), Texas, Jeff Davis County, Fort Davis, N-facing granite rock wall along route 166, 11 mi NW of Fort Davis, March 17, 2009; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, August 24, 2023
Grimmia texicana, photomicrograph of leaf apex, collection and ID by Henk C. Greven (Holotype), Texas, Jeff Davis County, Fort Davis, N-facing granite rock wall along route 166, 11 mi NW of Fort Davis, March 17, 2009; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, August 24, 2023
Grimmia texicana, photomicrograph of leaf base, collection and ID by Henk C. Greven (Holotype), Texas, Jeff Davis County, Fort Davis, N-facing granite rock wall along route 166, 11 mi NW of Fort Davis, March 17, 2009; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, August 24, 2023
Grimmia texicana, photomicrograph of leaf base, collection and ID by Henk C. Greven (Holotype), Texas, Jeff Davis County, Fort Davis, N-facing granite rock wall along route 166, 11 mi NW of Fort Davis, March 17, 2009; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, August 24, 2023
Grimmia texicana, photomicrograph of cells and dense areolation at midleaf, collection and ID by Henk C. Greven (Holotype), Texas, Jeff Davis County, Fort Davis, N-facing granite rock wall along route 166, 11 mi NW of Fort Davis, March 17, 2009; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, August 24, 2023
Grimmia texicana, photomicrograph of leaf cross section, collection and ID by Henk C. Greven (Holotype), Texas, Jeff Davis County, Fort Davis, N-facing granite rock wall along route 166, 11 mi NW of Fort Davis, March 17, 2009; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, August 24, 2023
Grimmia texicana, photomicrograph of leaf cross section, collection and ID by Henk C. Greven (Holotype), Texas, Jeff Davis County, Fort Davis, N-facing granite rock wall along route 166, 11 mi NW of Fort Davis, March 17, 2009; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, August 24, 2023
Grimmia texicana, photomicrograph of leaf cross section, collection and ID by Henk C. Greven (Holotype), Texas, Jeff Davis County, Fort Davis, N-facing granite rock wall along route 166, 11 mi NW of Fort Davis, March 17, 2009; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, August 24, 2023
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