Meteoriopsis patula (Hedw.) Broth.
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1 Jan 1939
name: label: Biogeographical Region
content: 80 - Central America
label: Collector
content: B. Willis
label: Microhabitat Description
content: On tree
notes: label: Notes
content: Transcribed from the original label.
label: Notes
content: Transcribed from paperwork found with the specimen: Leaves: general appearance slight difference in shape between leaves on creeping part + on hanging part. Second no. Flattened no. When dry no change. Costa yes. Subcurrent. Serrated at tip - small. Margin no. Cells: general shape long + narrow about 15 m by 277 m. Papillose no. Alar cells same. Base cells same. Sporophyte: (46A) - on creeping part. Pleurocarpous. Seta, length 3 mm. Color dark brown. Smooth roughish. Papillose no. Twisted when dry sometimes. Capsule: Color dark brown. Erect. Surface: smooth rough. Papillose no. Wrinkled when dry no. Mouth obliqua no. Calyptra: Short coming just over mouth. Very hairy-large hairs point up toward end of calyptra. Scalloped bottom. 4 + more or less. Operculum: peristome: single. No. of teeth 16. Color f. - red entire length. Barred, etc. f. yes transversally (no middle dent). Teeth very long. Archegonium found on creeping part #46A. They are as #14 only many paraphyses among them. They are just one cell then creeping about twice the length of the archegonium. Only female found.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 11 Mar 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tom Barbour Trail 21, 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: Meteoriopsis patula (Hedw.) Broth.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Botany Dept.
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Plantae Bryophyta Bryopsida Hypnales Meteoriaceae