PLANTAE / CRYPTOGAMAE / BRYOPHYTA / BRYOPSIDA / DICRANALES / BRUCHIACEAE / BRUCHIA / BREVIPES
Plants minute, gregarious, light green; terricolous. Stems erect, to 0.5 mm high; in section with small central strand, cortical cells in ± 3 rows, uniform in size, incrassate, reddish. Leaves erect, bistratose above base; oval to ovate, acuminate to subulate in sub-perichaetial leaves, 1-2 mm long; margins plane, entire to serrulate by projecting cells. Costa excurrent, awn of upper leaves serrulate; ventral and dorsal superficial cells elongate, frequently prorate; in section guide cells 4, central, ventral cells in one layer, large, dorsal cells in 2 layers, large, incrassate. Laminal cells narrowly rectangular above shoulders; basal cells broader, rectangular to oblong-hexagonal. Autoicous. Perigonia axillary, leaves oval-acuminate, 0.8 mm long. Perichaetial leaves oval-subulate, 2.5 mm long. Seta erect, 0.3-0.4 mm long; capsule cleistocarpic, pyriform, to 1 mm long, neck with numerous stomata, to 0.5 mm long; calyptra mitriform, covering upper urn; spores rounded to subreniform, spinose, 40-45 µm, yellowish. From: Magill, RE. 1981. Ditrichaceae to Grimmiaceae. In: OA Leistner (ed.). Fl. S. Africa Bryophyta(1,1): 83-281. Botanical Research Institute, Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Pretoria. [https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.119879] [CC BY]
The small plants and cleistocarpic, pyriform capsules are distinctive and are diagnostic for the genus. Vegetatively the two Southern African species are very similar, although B. brevipes is slightly larger. The spores offer the only reliable characters for separating the species. From: Magill, RE. 1981. Ditrichaceae to Grimmiaceae. In: OA Leistner (ed.). Fl. S. Africa Bryophyta(1,1): 83-281. Botanical Research Institute, Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Pretoria. [https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.119879] [CC BY]
The plants grow on crusts of soil in association with Pleuridium and Fissidens. From: Magill, RE. 1981. Ditrichaceae to Grimmiaceae. In: OA Leistner (ed.). Fl. S. Africa Bryophyta(1,1): 83-281. Botanical Research Institute, Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Pretoria. [https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.119879] [CC BY]
In the fynbos biome of the southern and southwestern Cape. From: Magill, RE. 1981. Ditrichaceae to Grimmiaceae. In: OA Leistner (ed.). Fl. S. Africa Bryophyta(1,1): 83-281. Botanical Research Institute, Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Pretoria. [https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.119879] [CC BY]
50 to 700 m
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature
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Names and Sources
Bruchia elegans (Hornsch.) C.Mull.
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Cryptogamae
PHYLUM Bryophyta
CLASS Bryopsida
ORDER Dicranales
FAMILY Bruchiaceae
GENUS Bruchia
SPECIES brevipes
11 results for Bruchia brevipes Harv. ex Hook.
Barcode: PRE0756337-0 Collector(s) & number: Hedderson, TAJ, 14216 | 2001-9-19
South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town. Eastern slopes of Devil's Peak, between King's blockhouse and Rhodes Memorial.
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Barcode: PRE0559092-0 Collector(s) & number: van Zanten, BO, 7608283 | 1976-8-28
South Africa, Western Cape, DU TOITSKLOOF
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Barcode: PRE0559095-0 Collector(s) & number: van Zanten, BO, 7608374 | 1976-8-31
South Africa, Western Cape, RIVERSDALE
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Barcode: PRE0496310-0 Collector(s) & number: Schelpe, EACLE, CH 12607 | 1977-9-1
South Africa, Western Cape, CLANWILLIAM DIV.; OLIFANTS RIVER MTS.; SEWEFONTEIN
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Barcode: PRE0559086-0 Collector(s) & number: van Zanten, BO, 7608215 | 1976-8-26
South Africa, Western Cape, STELLENBOSCH
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Barcode: PRE0531413-0 Collector(s) & number: Magill, RE, 4017 | 1977-8-14
South Africa, Western Cape, MT. SYNNOTT; CLANWILLIAM; UPPER SLOPES OF MT. Synott; 7 KM. N. OF CLANWILLIAM
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This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
1981
FLORA CHAPTER
Ditrichaceae to Grimmiaceae Magill, REIn: OA Leistner (ed.). Flora of Southern Africa Bryophyta(1),183-281
Botanical Research Institute, Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Pretoria
1981
FLORA CHAPTER
Sphagnaceae to Nanobryaceae Magill, REIn: OA Leistner (ed.). Flora of Southern Africa Bryophyta(1),123-70
Botanical Research Institute, Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Pretoria
No results found for Bruchia brevipes Harv. ex Hook.
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