Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Schlotheimia torquata (Hedw.) Brid
Bryol. Univ. 1:323. 1826.
Hypnum torquatum Hedw. Sp. Muse. 246. 1801.
Neckera torta Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1800. 1806.
Schlotheimia torta Schwaegr. Suppl. V: 39 1816.
Schlotheimia nitida Schwaegr. Suppl. 2 2 : 151. 1»26.
Schlotheimia Sprengelii Hornsch. in Mart Fl. Bras. 1': 34. 1840.
Schlotheimia Pabstiana C. Mull. Bot. Zeit. 13: 764. 1«5.
Schlotheimia unguiculata Mitt. Jour Linn. Soc. 12^ 226 1869
Schlotheimia Sartorii Schirn^; Besch Mem.Soc Sci Nat. Cherb. 16. 191. 1872.
Schlotheimia undaio-rugosa C. Mull. Hedwigia 37: 238 1898.
Schlotheimia macrospora C. Mull. Bull. Herb. Boiss. 6: 103. 1898. Closely related to S. rugifolia and when sterile sometimes difficult to distinguish from it,
but as a rule much more robust and having the elongate, oblique leaf-cells extending farther up
along the costa; perichaetial leaves acute to long-acuminate, not rugose, always much longer
than the stem leaves but varying in slenderness, in the length of the acumination, and in length up to 2.3 mm.
Type locality: The West
Distribution : The West Indies ; Mexico ; South America.
- bibliographic citation
- North American flora. vol 15A (1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
