Status: Native
Synonyms:
Hypnum adnatum Hedwig
Homomallium adnatum is an eastern North American species not yet known from New Mexico, but perhaps expected here in the northern mountains. It is similar to our more common H. mexicanum, but H. adnatum is not homomallous and is noticably smaller. Also, H. adnatum has quadrate cells higher up along the margins.
Many thanks to the New York Botanical Garden and Laura Briscoe for loaning us this specimen (NYBG barcode #00610409) for photography.
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Homomallium adnatum, collection by L.J. Gier, Kansas, Bourbon County, in pasture Point les Rand, May 30, 1949; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, September 30, 2023
Homomallium adnatum, photomicrograph of stem, collection by L.J. Gier, Kansas, Bourbon County, in pasture Point les Rand, May 30, 1949; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, September 30, 2023
Homomallium adnatum, photomicrograph of leaf, collection by L.J. Gier, Kansas, Bourbon County, in pasture Point les Rand, May 30, 1949; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, September 30, 2023
Homomallium adnatum, photomicrograph of leaf, collection by L.J. Gier, Kansas, Bourbon County, in pasture Point les Rand, May 30, 1949; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, September 30, 2023
Homomallium adnatum, photomicrograph of leaf apex, collection by L.J. Gier, Kansas, Bourbon County, in pasture Point les Rand, May 30, 1949; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, September 30, 2023
Homomallium adnatum, photomicrograph of leaf base, collection by L.J. Gier, Kansas, Bourbon County, in pasture Point les Rand, May 30, 1949; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, September 30, 2023
Homomallium adnatum, photomicrograph cells at mid leaf, collection by L.J. Gier, Kansas, Bourbon County, in pasture Point les Rand, May 30, 1949; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, September 30, 2023
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