Plants small, glossy, in silver tufts, 0.7-1.5 mm long; leaves closely imbricate, concave, obovate from a narrow base, margin entire, tip sharp-pointed; costa faint, ending far below the apex; cells rhomboid at upper half, poor in chlorophyll, thin walled, lower leaves chlorophyllose, bordered by small, linear cells, smaller than the inner quadrate cells; seta 2 cm long; capsule horizontal to hanging, brownish, 1.2 mm long; spores numerous, rounded, brownish, 7-10 µm in diameter.
Bryum argenteum Hedwig, 1801
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📚 Overview
Description
Nair, M.C., K.P. Rajesh and Madhusoodanan P.V. 2005. Bryophytes of Wayanad in Western Ghats. Malabar Natural History Society, Kozhikode, i-iv + 284pp.
Attributions | Nair, M.C., K.P. Rajesh and Madhusoodanan P.V. 2005. Bryophytes of Wayanad in Western Ghats. Malabar Natural History Society, Kozhikode, i-iv + 284pp. |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
On moist soil and on exposed rocks alongwith Brachymenium exile and Hyophila involuta in moist deciduous, semi-evergreen, evergreen forests and grasslands.
Nair, M.C., K.P. Rajesh and Madhusoodanan P.V. 2005. Bryophytes of Wayanad in Western Ghats. Malabar Natural History Society, Kozhikode, i-iv + 284pp.
Attributions | Nair, M.C., K.P. Rajesh and Madhusoodanan P.V. 2005. Bryophytes of Wayanad in Western Ghats. Malabar Natural History Society, Kozhikode, i-iv + 284pp. |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
South India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu), China, Japan, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Madagascar, America, Africa and Europe.
Nair, M.C., K.P. Rajesh and Madhusoodanan P.V. 2005. Bryophytes of Wayanad in Western Ghats. Malabar Natural History Society, Kozhikode, i-iv + 284pp.
Attributions | Nair, M.C., K.P. Rajesh and Madhusoodanan P.V. 2005. Bryophytes of Wayanad in Western Ghats. Malabar Natural History Society, Kozhikode, i-iv + 284pp. |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Demography and Conservation
Risk Statement
Common
Nair, M.C., K.P. Rajesh and Madhusoodanan P.V. 2005. Bryophytes of Wayanad in Western Ghats. Malabar Natural History Society, Kozhikode, i-iv + 284pp.
Attributions | Nair, M.C., K.P. Rajesh and Madhusoodanan P.V. 2005. Bryophytes of Wayanad in Western Ghats. Malabar Natural History Society, Kozhikode, i-iv + 284pp. |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Nair, M.C., K.P. Rajesh and Madhusoodanan P.V. 2005. Bryophytes of Wayanad in Western Ghats. Malabar Natural History Society, Kozhikode, i-iv + 284pp.
Information Listing > References
- Nair, M.C., K.P. Rajesh and Madhusoodanan P.V. 2005. Bryophytes of Wayanad in Western Ghats. Malabar Natural History Society, Kozhikode, i-iv + 284pp.
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