Cyclodictyon albicans (Hedw.) Kuntze
date: label: Collection Date
content: 19 Jan 1939
name: label: Biogeographical Region
content: 80 - Central America
label: Collector
content: B. Willis
label: Microhabitat Description
content: On rocks
notes: label: Notes
content: Transcribed from the original label.
label: Notes
content: Transcribed from paperwork found with the specimen: Leaves: general appearance leaf very transparent as cells have almost no chloroplasts. Stem green. Secund + ends turn toward rows. Flattened yes. Costa yes double. Subcurrent. Serrated yes, slightly at tip. Margin yes, of one to two long cell dimentions - 13 m by 34 m. Cells: general shape squarish at top, + lengthing out toward base. Papillose no. Alar cells same. Base cells slightly longer. Sporophyte: Seta, length about 2.5 cm. Color dark brown to reddish. Smooth ridded small. Pleurocarpous not many. Papillose no. Twisted when dry yes (min). Capsule: color dark brown. Length: width dimensions 2:1. Surface: smooth no. Papillose: yes. Wrinkled when dry: no. Mouth obliqua: no. Calyptra: Greenish white + very short coming only just below mouth of capsule smooth + split many times around bottom. Operculum: taming rhanty type with long beak. Peristome: double. No. of teeth 1. Color f. dark red brown ending in a yellow hock - center + edge likely to be white. s. yellow. Barred, etc. f. yes - closely + groove in center. s. yes but for about being about burs in all + a center line. Cyclo = a circle alibicant = becoming white
label: Record Last Modified
content: 11 Mar 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: by Shannon Creek, Canal Zone, Panamá Oeste, Panama, Central America - Neotropics
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content: Botany
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content: Bryophytes and Lichens
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Cyclodictyon albicans (Hedw.) Kuntze
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Botany Dept.
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Plantae Bryophyta Bryopsida Hookeriales Pilotrichaceae