Status: Native
Synonyms:
Grimaldia pilosa var. sibirica Müll. Frib.
Arnelliella sibirica (Müll. Frib.) C. Massal.
Grimaldia sibirica (Müll. Frib.) Müll. Frib.
Mannia pilosa var. sibirica (Müll. Frib.) Müll. Frib. ex S.W. Arnell
Neesiella sibirica (Müll. Frib.) C. Massal.
Mannia sibirica is a complex thallous liverwort with purple scales underneath that have appendages
which are usually 2-3 seriate at the base and uniseriate at the apex. The cross section of the thallus
shows about half of the thickness at the center of the thallous to be aerenchyma (parenchyma with
air spaces). The aerenchyma layer in M. pilosa is thicker, closer to 2/3 of the width of the
thallous at the center, and the individual air spaces are larger. Mannia sibirica is very
similar to M. pilosa and was at one time considered to be a variety of that species.
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Mannia sibirica, collected and identified by W.A. Weber & R. Wittmann, Colorado, Baca County, Carrizo Creek drainage, head of Big Hole Canyon, on stems of Selaginella, May 24, 1993; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard February 21, 2023
Mannia sibirica, photomicrograph of thallus, collected and identified by W.A. Weber & R. Wittmann, Colorado, Baca County, Carrizo Creek drainage, head of Big Hole Canyon, on stems of Selaginella, May 24, 1993; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard February 21, 2023
Mannia sibirica, photomicrograph of thallus, collected and identified by W.A. Weber & R. Wittmann, Colorado, Baca County, Carrizo Creek drainage, head of Big Hole Canyon, on stems of Selaginella, May 24, 1993; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard February 21, 2023
Mannia sibirica, photomicrograph of thallus, collected and identified by W.A. Weber & R. Wittmann, Colorado, Baca County, Carrizo Creek drainage, head of Big Hole Canyon, on stems of Selaginella, May 24, 1993; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard February 21, 2023
Mannia sibirica, photomicrograph of undersurface of thallus, collected and identified by W.A. Weber & R. Wittmann, Colorado, Baca County, Carrizo Creek drainage, head of Big Hole Canyon, on stems of Selaginella, May 24, 1993; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard February 21, 2023
Mannia sibirica, photomicrograph of underside of carpocephalum, collected and identified by W.A. Weber & R. Wittmann, Colorado, Baca County, Carrizo Creek drainage, head of Big Hole Canyon, on stems of Selaginella, May 24, 1993; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard February 21, 2023
Mannia sibirica, photomicrograph of scale with appendage, collected and identified by W.A. Weber & R. Wittmann, Colorado, Baca County, Carrizo Creek drainage, head of Big Hole Canyon, on stems of Selaginella, May 24, 1993; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard February 21, 2023
Mannia sibirica, photomicrograph of scale with appendage, collected and identified by W.A. Weber & R. Wittmann, Colorado, Baca County, Carrizo Creek drainage, head of Big Hole Canyon, on stems of Selaginella, May 24, 1993; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard February 21, 2023
Mannia sibirica, photomicrograph of scale with appendage, collected and identified by W.A. Weber & R. Wittmann, Colorado, Baca County, Carrizo Creek drainage, head of Big Hole Canyon, on stems of Selaginella, May 24, 1993; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard February 21, 2023
Mannia sibirica, photomicrograph scale appendage, collected and identified by W.A. Weber & R. Wittmann, Colorado, Baca County, Carrizo Creek drainage, head of Big Hole Canyon, on stems of Selaginella, May 24, 1993; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard February 21, 2023
Mannia sibirica, photomicrograph of scale with appendage, collected and identified by W.A. Weber & R. Wittmann, Colorado, Baca County, Carrizo Creek drainage, head of Big Hole Canyon, on stems of Selaginella, May 24, 1993; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard February 21, 2023
Mannia sibirica, photomicrograph of cross section of thallus, collected and identified by W.A. Weber & R. Wittmann, Colorado, Baca County, Carrizo Creek drainage, head of Big Hole Canyon, on stems of Selaginella, May 24, 1993; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard February 21, 2023
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