Seligeria cardotii is one of the two species in genus Seligeria, bryophytes of the Seligeriaceae family, in the Southern Hemisphere; an additional 19 species have been described in the Northern Hemisphere.[1]
Seligeria cardotii | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Bryophyta |
Class: | Bryopsida |
Subclass: | Dicranidae |
Order: | Grimmiales |
Family: | Seligeriaceae |
Genus: | Seligeria |
Species: | S. cardotti
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Binomial name | |
Seligeria cardotti R. Br. bis
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Appearance
editS. cardotii is an erect, light green to blue-green moss.[2] It typically does not grow longer than 3 mm. Its leaves are linear with a narrow midrib between 2–3 rows of translucent cells on either side.[1] The leaves do not sheath at the stem and have an entire to slightly crenellate sobarnis margin. Capsules are 0.4–0.5–mm long and obovate-hemispheric when moist, becoming obconic when dry. The peristome contains 16 moderately short, reddish, lanceolate teeth approximately 40–μm. Spores are 10–14–μm in diameter and green.[2]
Geographical distribution and habitat
editThe type specimen of S. cardotii was described in the nineteenth century from a collection from New Zealand's South Island, where it is widespread on moist calcareous soils. It has also been recorded in Australia from a single population in Tasmania.[2]