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Starke'S Kiaeria Moss (Kiaeria starkei)

Description

Grows as yellow-green cushions or patches which can be extensive and up to 6 cm tall. The leaves are 4-4.5 mm long, somewhat wavy when dry, erect or turned in one direction when moist, and narrowly spearhead-shaped with a long tip and an excurrent nerve. The cells at the basal corners of the leaf are usually visible with a hand lens, being large, brown and forming a distinct group. Capsules are fairly common, elliptical, slightly curved and have a swollen base (see drawing on p. 373)

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Bryophyta

        • Class: Bryopsida

          • Order: Dicranales

            • Family: Dicranaceae

              • Genus: Kiaeria