Status: Native
Synonyms:
Pterigynandrum repens Bridel
Platygyrium repens has been identified over a dozen times in New Mexico in the past by several different collectors, and yet Reese made the statement in Flora of North America vol. 28 that P. repens and P. fuscoluteum are not sympatric in North America. P. fuscoluteum is our more common species in New Mexico. Whether or not they both occur here, or to what degree past ID's are in error, is not something we will tackle here. P. repens has more evident brood branchlets and the leaves are smaller, among other technical characters. We will neatly skirt the issue here by displaying photographs taken of what is clearly P. repens from Iowa. Platygyrium does occur in the same areas as Homomallium, but the capsules of Platygyrium are straight and erect, while those of Homomallium are curved and inclined to horizontal.
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Platygyrium repens, collection and ID Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Iowa, Clayton County, Bixby State Park, on limestone near the Ice Cave, May 28, 2011; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, December 31, 2022
Platygyrium repens, dark field photomicrograph of single plant with capsule, collection and ID Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Iowa, Clayton County, Bixby State Park, on limestone near the Ice Cave, May 28, 2011; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, December 31, 2022
Platygyrium repens, photomicrograph of brood branchlets at stem tips, collection and ID Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Iowa, Clayton County, Bixby State Park, on limestone near the Ice Cave, May 28, 2011; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, December 31, 2022
Platygyrium repens, photomicrograph of brood branchlets at stem tips, collection and ID Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Iowa, Clayton County, Bixby State Park, on limestone near the Ice Cave, May 28, 2011; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, December 31, 2022
Platygyrium repens, photomicrograph of brood branchlets at stem tips, collection and ID Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Iowa, Clayton County, Bixby State Park, on limestone near the Ice Cave, May 28, 2011; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, December 31, 2022
Platygyrium repens, photomicrograph of capsule, collection and ID Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Iowa, Clayton County, Bixby State Park, on limestone near the Ice Cave, May 28, 2011; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, December 31, 2022
Platygyrium repens, photomicrograph of leaf, collection and ID Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Iowa, Clayton County, Bixby State Park, on limestone near the Ice Cave, May 28, 2011; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, December 31, 2022
Platygyrium repens, photomicrograph of leaf, collection and ID Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Iowa, Clayton County, Bixby State Park, on limestone near the Ice Cave, May 28, 2011; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, December 31, 2022
Platygyrium repens, photomicrograph of leaf base, collection and ID Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Iowa, Clayton County, Bixby State Park, on limestone near the Ice Cave, May 28, 2011; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, December 31, 2022
Platygyrium repens, photomicrograph of leaf apex, collection and ID Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Iowa, Clayton County, Bixby State Park, on limestone near the Ice Cave, May 28, 2011; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, December 31, 2022
Platygyrium repens, photomicrograph of pseudoparaphyllium (with attached Nostoc), collection and ID Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Iowa, Clayton County, Bixby State Park, on limestone near the Ice Cave, May 28, 2011; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, December 31, 2022
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