Marsupella sparsifolia
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Marsupella sparsifolia is a species of moss of the order Jungermanniales .
features
The plants grow in black-green lawns that are up to three centimeters high. The leaves are spaced apart and boat-shaped. Spread out, they are broadly ovoid to heart-shaped. They are divided over a third of the leaf length, the lobes are pointed or blunt. In the middle of the leaf, the cells are 12 to 16 × 20 micrometers in size, and their corners are thickened. Each cell contains two to three oil bodies . The bracts are larger than the leaves. A perianth is available. The spores are eight to twelve micrometers in diameter.
Distribution and locations
The species has a bipolar arctic-alpine distribution: it occurs in Europe, North America, Greenland, Uganda, South Africa and New Zealand. In Germany it is only known from the Feldberg (Black Forest), the Rhön , the Brocken and Meißner .
supporting documents
- 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).