Chaetomitrium Torquescens

• Main Authors: Monica Suleiman, Hiroyuki Akiyama
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: QK1-989 Botany; SH388.7-391.5 Algae culture
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32344/2/Plate%2042%20%28SPECIMEN%29.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32344/; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272747174_Malesian_Chaetomitrium_Symphyodontaceae_Musci_Type_illustrations_taxonomical_notes_and_key_to_the_species

(1) Plants are small and densely branched; (2) branches are often with cuspidate tips; (3) stem leaves are short-lanceolate, distinctly constricted above, forming undulation above shoulder, and often twisted or inrolled spirally; (3) leaf margins are denticulate to serrate above, denticulate below with simple teeth; (4) costae are strong; (5) lamina cells are smooth to prorulate, with a few spines above; (6) branch leaves strongly plicate, flexuose or inrolled spirally; margins are more serrate than stem leaves; (7) setae are 7 - 8 mm long, densely papillose half above, and sparingly papillose below; (8) Calyptrae (immature) are cucullate, hispid all over surface, and bases are naked but with a few short hairs.