Plagiothecium flaccidum (Brid.) G. J. Wolski & W. R. Buck

Wolski, Grzegorz J., 2025, The genus Plagiothecium (Plagiotheciaceae) in Europe — current state of knowledge, checklist and key to taxa, PhytoKeys 253, pp. 67-102 : 67-102

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.253.142268

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14969276

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C5A59F31-1017-5E1B-BB17-F6C3F79B05F1

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scientific name

Plagiothecium flaccidum (Brid.) G. J. Wolski & W. R. Buck
status

 

Plagiothecium flaccidum (Brid.) G. J. Wolski & W. R. Buck View in CoL , Diversity 14 (8): 633. 2022.

Leskea flaccida Brid. , Bryologia Universa 2: 308. 1827. Type: In Republica Massachusets Americae Foedewatae circa Noveboracum in rupis habitat, caespitosa, caespitum basi e congerie caulium veterarnorum marcescentium constante, Torrey 67, 1820, B 31076701!

= Hypnum sullivantiae Schimp. ex Sull. , A Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States. Second Edition 680. 1856 ≡ Plagiothecium sullivantiae (Schimp. ex Sull.) Schimp. ex A. Jaeger View in CoL , Bericht über die Thätigkeit der St. Gallischen Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft 1876–77: 450. 1878 ≡ Plagiothecium sylvaticum var. sullivantiae (Schimp. ex Sull.) Renauld & Cardot View in CoL , Revue Bryologique 20: 22. 1893. Type: Ohionis et Novae Angliae, in rupium fissuris terra impletis, Musci Boreali-Americani 355, PC 0132606!, PC 0132607!; idem herb. M. Bizot 13157, PC 0132608!

= Plagiothecium roeseanum var. orthocladon fo. propaguliferum Jedl., Spisy Vydávané Přírodovĕdeckou Fakultou Masarykovy University 308: 39. 1948, hom. illeg., non (R. Ruthe) Jaap, Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg, ser. 3, 7: 36. 1900 ≡ Plagiothecium roeseanum var. orthocladon fo. moravicum Pilous in Jedlička, Spisy Přírodovĕdecké Fakulty University v Brnĕ 422: 214. 1961, nom. nov. Type: Moravia, conv. flum. Oslava, ster., Latzel, H. L., observavi (n. v.).

Description.

Plants small-sized, yellowish-green to light green; stems 2–3 cm long; leaves julaceous, concave, imbricate, symmetrical, more or less folded, 1.5–1.8 × 0.7–0.8 mm (Fig. 6 G View Figure 6 ); the apex not denticulate; laminal cells 75–130 × 10–12 μm at midleaf (Fig. 6 H View Figure 6 ), cell areolation quite loose; decurrencies of 1–2 rows of rectangular to quadrate cells; capsule erect.

Distribution.

Europe ( Czech Republic); North America ( U. S. A.), but the range of this taxon still requires research.

PC

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Non-vascular Plants and Fungi

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Bryophyta

Class

Bryopsida

Order

Hypnales

Family

Plagiotheciaceae

Genus

Plagiothecium

Section

Orthophyllum

Loc

Plagiothecium flaccidum (Brid.) G. J. Wolski & W. R. Buck

Wolski, Grzegorz J. 2025
2025
Loc

Plagiothecium roeseanum var. orthocladon fo. moravicum

Jedlicka 1961: 214
1961
Loc

Plagiothecium roeseanum var. orthocladon fo. propaguliferum

Jedl. 1948: 39
Jaap 1900: 36
1948
Loc

Plagiothecium sylvaticum var. sullivantiae (Schimp. ex Sull.)

Renauld & Cardot 1893: 22
1893
Loc

Leskea flaccida

Brid. 1827: 308
1827
Loc

Hypnum sullivantiae Schimp. ex

Hypnum sullivantiae Schimp. ex Sull. , A Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States . Second Edition 680. 1856
Loc

Plagiothecium sullivantiae (Schimp. ex Sull.) Schimp. ex

Plagiothecium sullivantiae (Schimp. ex Sull.) Schimp. ex A. Jaeger , Bericht über die Thätigkeit der St. Gallischen Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft 1876–77: 450. 1878