Tortella inclinata
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Tortella inclinata is a moss -Art from the family pottiaceae . This species was also known under the synonyms Tortula inclinata R. Hedw. and Barbula inclinata (R.Hedw.) Schwägr. described. German names are inclined spiral tooth moss and kielloed spiral tooth moss .
features
Tortella inclinata forms dense, easily disintegrating, yellow-green, in the lower part brownish and weakly rhizoid-felty lawns. The densely and evenly leafed and not very branched shoots reach a height of about 2 centimeters. The leaves are lanceolate to linear-lanceolate and have a blunt, hood-shaped tip with a short leaf vein. When moist they are upright to upright-protruding, dryly curved, curled and twisted. The otherwise flat leaf margins are bent and crenulated towards the leaf tip.
The lamina cells of the leaf base are rectangular, hyaline , smooth and are sharply demarcated from the rounded, green and strongly papillary cells in the upper part of the leaf. The top of the leaf vein has long, narrow, and smooth cells. The stems do not have a central strand.
The moss is diocesan . The ellipsoidal to cylindrical, mostly inclined and slightly curved spore capsule has thread-like, spirally wound peristome teeth . Sporophytes are rarely formed.
Location claims and distribution
Tortella inclinata loves warmth and grows in light-rich and dry locations on base-rich , mostly calcareous soil interspersed with gravel or stones, more rarely on rock or walls.
The species is widespread in Europe, mainly in limestone areas. In the Alps it rises to the alpine level . There are non-European occurrences in Asia, North and South America, North Africa and Australia.
literature
- Jan-Peter Frahm , Wolfgang Frey : Moosflora (= UTB . 1250). 4th, revised and expanded edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8252-1250-5 .
- Martin Nebel, Georg Philippi (ed.): The mosses of Baden-Württemberg. Volume 1: General part, special part (Bryophytina I, Andreaeales to Funariales). Ulmer, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3527-2 .
