Jungermannia sphaerocarpa
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Jungermannia sphaerocarpa is a species of moss from the order of the Jungermanniales .
features
The stems are one to three centimeters long. They are branched and carry rhizoids . They form green to dark green lawns. The flank leaves are circular when spread out, only sometimes wider than long. They cover half of the trunk. In the middle of the leaf, the cells are 25 to 35 micrometers wide and have rather clear, triangular, water-white thickenings at the cell corners. Lower leaves are missing. Each cell contains four to six oil bodies . The female bracts are designed the same as the flank leaves. The perianth is pear-shaped and has four- to five-sided wings on top. The capsule is spherical and red-brown.
Distribution and locations
The species is distributed circumboreally. In Germany it occurs in the Alps and the low mountain ranges. It grows on moist to wet, lime-free rocks as well as on moist soil.
Synonyms
Kugelfrüchtiges leaf cup liverwort, Kugelfrüchtiges Old Young Man Moss, Solenostoma sphaerocarpum (Hook.) Steph., Aplozia pusilla CEOJensen, Aplozia sphaerocarpa (Hook.) Dumort., Jungermannia jenseniana Grolle, Solenostoma pusillum (CEOJensen) Steph., Solenostoma sphaerocarpoideum (De Not.) Paton & EFWarb.
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literature
- Jan-Peter Frahm, Wolfgang Frey, J. Döring: Moosflora . 4th, revised and expanded edition (UTB for Science, Volume 1250). Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-2772-5 (Ulmer) & ISBN 3-8252-1250-5 (UTB).