Grimmia, Hedw.

Eva Maier, Michelle J. Price & Terry A. Hedderson, 2017, A revision of Grimmia (Grimmiaceae) from South Africa and Lesotho, Candollea 72 (1), pp. 199-230 : 203

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15553/c2017v721a12

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5721996

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AC87ED-6D5E-FF9A-FCA6-E49A25B7FA83

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Grimmia
status

 

Key to Grimmia View in CoL and related genera from

South Africa and Lesotho

1. Cells in leaf base elongate with conjointly thickened and sinuose walls; dry seta twisted from right side below to left side above, seen in surface view.................... Racomitrium View in CoL

1a. Cells in leaf base not elongate with conjointly thickened and sinuose walls; dry seta otherwise ............................. 2

2. Costal cells in transverse section scarcely differentiated; seta not twisted when dry, at dehiscence columella remains attached to operculum .................................... Schistidium View in CoL

2a. Costal cells in transverse section differentiated; seta twisted from left side below to right side above when dry, at dehiscence columella not attached to operculum ................... 3

3. Spore sac attached to the capsule wall, air space scarcely developed ........................................................... Grimmia View in CoL

3a. Spore sac attached to the capsule rim, air space well-developed ................................................................. Coscinodon View in CoL

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Bryophyta

Class

Bryopsida

Order

Grimmiales

Family

Grimmiaceae

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