Leptodictyum riparium

(Hedwig) Warnstorf

Krypt.-Fl. Brandenburg 2: 878. 1906.

Selected by author to be illustrated
Basionym: Hypnum riparium Hedwig Sp. Musc. Frond., 241. 1801
Synonyms: Amblystegium brevipes Cardot & Thériot A. riparium (Hedwig) Schimper A. riparium var. flaccidum (Lesquereux & James) Renauld & Cardot A. riparium var. fluitans (Lesquereux & James) Renauld & Cardot A. riparium var. longifolium (Schultz) Schimper Brachythecium pennellii (P. Beauvois) Brotherus Campylium polygamum var. longinerve (Renauld & Cardot) Grout Leptodictyum brevipes Dixon & Grout L. laxirete unknown L. riparium var. abbreviatum (Schimper) Grout L. riparium var. brachyphyllum (Cardot & Thériot) Grout L. riparium var. elongatum (Schimper) Warnstorf L. riparium var. flaccidum (Lesquereux & James) Grout L. sipho unknown L. vacillans unknown Rhynchostegiella georgiana unknown
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 28. Treatment on page 291.
Revision as of 19:45, 24 September 2019 by FNA>Volume Importer

Plants in flat, loose, long trailing mats, light green to yellow-brown. Stems 6–20 cm, flaccid, irregularly branched. Leaves erect- to wide-spreading or appearing distichous, somewhat complanate especially in branches, often obliquely attached to stem, slightly contorted when dry, 2.5–6 mm; margins entire; apex broadly short- to gradually long-acuminate; costa (45–)52–114 µm wide at base; alar region differentiated; basal laminal cell walls lax; distal cells (34–)42–117 × 7–12(–13) µm. Seta single, light to dark brown, 0.8–2.6 cm. Capsule brown to reddish, 2.2–2.5 mm; annulus deciduous, 2- or 3-seriate, cells large; operculum conic, apiculate; peristome yellow to brown. Calyptra naked.


Habitat: Humus, logs, tree bases, swamps, wet depressions in forests, aquatic on rock in streams and rivers
Elevation: low to moderate elevations

Distribution

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Greenland, Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., N.S., Nunavut, Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Yukon, Ala., Alaska, Ariz., Ark., Calif., Colo., Conn., Del., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., Nebr., N.H., N.J., N.Mex., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, Okla., Oreg., Pa., R.I., S.C., S.Dak., Tenn., Tex., Utah, Vt., Va., Wash., W.Va., Wis., Wyo., Mexico, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Indian Ocean Islands, Pacific Islands, Australia.

Discussion

As the specific epithet implies, Leptodictyum riparium occurs along rivers, often in flooded areas where the plants are stranded on tree bases in hardwood forests. The species is sometimes confused with another wetland species, Drepanocladus aduncus, which differs by its axillary hairs with 1–3 hyaline distal cells. There is tremendous morphological variability among the North American specimens of L. riparium, suggesting the existence of several ecotypes, which have been erroneously named as many varieties and forms in Leptodictyum, Amblystegium, and Campylium; these synonyms are summarized by A. J. Grout (1928–1940, vol. 3), H. S. Conard (1959), and H. A. Crum and L. E. Anderson (1981).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Steven G. Newmaster +
(Hedwig) Warnstorf +
Hypnum riparium +
Greenland +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, N.S. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Ala. +, Alaska +, Ariz. +, Ark. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Conn. +, Del. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, La. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, Nebr. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, N.Dak. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, S.Dak. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Utah +, Vt. +, Va. +, Wash. +, W.Va. +, Wis. +, Wyo. +, Mexico +, Central America +, South America +, Europe +, Asia +, Africa +, Indian Ocean Islands +, Pacific Islands +  and Australia. +
low to moderate elevations +
Humus, logs, tree bases, swamps, wet depressions in forests, aquatic on rock in streams and rivers +
Krypt.-Fl. Brandenburg +
Selected by author to be illustrated +
Amblystegium brevipes +, A. riparium +, A. riparium var. flaccidum +, A. riparium var. fluitans +, A. riparium var. longifolium +, Brachythecium pennellii +, Campylium polygamum var. longinerve +, Leptodictyum brevipes +, L. laxirete +, L. riparium var. abbreviatum +, L. riparium var. brachyphyllum +, L. riparium var. elongatum +, L. riparium var. flaccidum +, L. sipho +, L. vacillans +  and Rhynchostegiella georgiana +
Leptodictyum riparium +
Leptodictyum +
species +