Plants small to medium-sized, caespitose, dark green or yellow-green with age; terricolous, saxicolous or corticolous. Stems 6-30 mm long, branching above short stipe, tomentose at base, stipe dark brown, naked or with small, distant, scale leaves; in section angular, central strand present, inner cortical cells in 2-4 rows, thickened, outer cortical cells stereids, in 2 rows, reddish. Leaves appressed dry, erect-spreading wet; ovate-lanceolate, 1.8-2.0 mm long; apex acuminate; margins plane, doubly toothed above mid-leaf, bistratose at base, multistratose above; in section forming small knob, 3-4 cells in diameter. Costa percurrent, ventral surface smooth, cells rounded-quadrate, dorsal surface sparsely spinose above mid-leaf, cells short-rectangular; in proximal section elliptical, guide cells 6-8, thickened, ventral stereid band 2 cells thick, dorsal stereid band 3 cells thick, ventral and dorsal surface cells similar, thickened; in distal section subtriangular, guide cells 4, thickened, ventral stereid band 1-2 cells thick, dorsal stereid band 2 cells thick, ventral and dorsal surface cells similar, thickened. Laminal cells rounded, subquadrate, incrassate, somewhat irregular in size and shape, mostly 1:1, smooth; basal cells subquadrate, thickened. Dioicous. Plants similar; perigonia gemmate, on short, lateral branches; leaves oval, abruptly subulate, 1 mm long, margins weakly toothed above. Perichaetia lateral on short branches; leaves oblong to elliptical, abruptly subulate, 2.5-3.0 mm long; margins with single teeth in subula; lower laminal cells rectangular, somewhat sinuolate, rounded and subquadrate above mid-leaf. Seta 15-20 mm long, yellowish; capsule inclined to horizontal, arcuate-clavate, 2 mm long, reddish yellow; exothecial cells subhexagonal, incrassate; stomata present at base of urn, phaneropore; annulus present; peristome double, exostome teeth triangular, 0.5 mm long, brownish yellow, with zig-zag median line, striate below, papillose above, endostome fragile, light yellow, weakly papillose, basal membrane high, segments as high as teeth, narrowly slit along keel, cilia shorter, 1-2; operculum conic with very short apiculus, cells not twisted; calyptra not seen; spores round, 20-25 µm, green, spiculate. From: Magill, RE. 1987. Mniaceae to Bartramiaceae. In: OA Leistner (ed.). Fl. S. Africa Bryophyta(1,2): 395-438. Botanical Research Institute, Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Pretoria. [CC BY]
The species is recognized by its doubly toothed, multistratose leaf margins, spinose dorsal costal surface and isodiametric laminal cells. In comparison with P. spini- forme, the leaves of P. vallis-gratiae are much shorter and appressed when dry, giving the plants a julaceous appearance. In addition the perichaetia are borne on short lateral branches on the upper part of the stem, while in P. spiniforme the perichaetia are borne at the base of the stems. From: Magill, RE. 1987. Mniaceae to Bartramiaceae. In: OA Leistner (ed.). Fl. S. Africa Bryophyta(1,2): 395-438. Botanical Research Institute, Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Endemic to southern Africa, P. vallis-gratiae is found in montane or kloof forests of the southwestern and southern Cape. From: Magill, RE. 1987. Mniaceae to Bartramiaceae. In: OA Leistner (ed.). Fl. S. Africa Bryophyta(1,2): 395-438. Botanical Research Institute, Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Pretoria. [CC BY]
50 to 950 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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Endemic
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Names and Sources
Rhizogonium vallis-gratiae (Hampe) Hampe
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Cryptogamae
PHYLUM Bryophyta
CLASS Bryopsida
ORDER Rhizogoniales
FAMILY Rhizogoniaceae
GENUS Pyrrhobryum
SPECIES vallis-gratiae
43 results for Pyrrhobryum vallis-gratiae (Hampe ex Mull.Hal.) Manuel
Barcode: PRE0491101-0 Collector(s) & number: Crosby, MR, 8154 | 1973-1-27
South Africa, Western Cape, CAPE TOWN; TABLE MT.; DEVILS PEAK
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0676249-0 Collector(s) & number: Pillans, NS, CH 13416 | 1925-4-
South Africa, Western Cape, STELLENBOSCH DIV.; HELDERBERG; ABOVE LOURENSFORD, NR. SOMERSET WES.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0500766-0 Collector(s) & number: Esterhuysen, EE, 17438B | 1950-9-17
South Africa, Western Cape, CAPE DIV.; TABLE MT.; NURSERY GORGE
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0491100-0 Collector(s) & number: Esterhuysen, EE, 26387 | 1956-10-9
South Africa, Western Cape, CERES DIV.; MICHELLS PASS; WITELS KLOOF
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0568191-0 Collector(s) & number: Sieben, E, 38 | 1998--
South Africa, Western Cape, Hottentots Holland.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0602093-0 Collector(s) & number: Magill, RE, 4113 | 1977-8-20
South Africa, Western Cape, CAPE TOWN.; TABLE MOUNTAIN; LOWER SLOPES, KIRSTENBOSCH BOT. GARDEN.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0687336-0 Collector(s) & number: Magill, RE, 6319 | 1979-1-20
South Africa, Western Cape, BETTY'S BAY; PORTER NATURE RES.; IN KLOOF BEHIND BOTANIC GARDEN. AT WATERFALL.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0541571-0 Collector(s) & number: Brenan, JPM, M2741 | 1976-1-3
South Africa, Western Cape, EISENKLOOF ABOVE LISMORE
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0602092-0 Collector(s) & number: Magill, RE, 4049 | 1977-8-14
South Africa, Western Cape, CLANWILLIAM.; KLIPHUIS RIVER; 7 KM N. OF CLANWILLIAM.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0675447-0 Collector(s) & number: Perold, SM, 569 | 1984-10-12
South Africa, Western Cape, CERES NAT. RESERVE; ON SOIL AT ROCKY OUTCROP
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0632668-0 Collector(s) & number: Bester, SP, 5114 | 2004-4-7
South Africa, Western Cape, Hermanus. Fern Kloof Nature Reserve.
General notes: Afromontane Forest. Rock covered with moss. Slope: moderate. Moss. Mixed with Hypnum cupressiforme.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0497187-0 Collector(s) & number: Sim, TR, 9151 | 1919-1-
South Africa, Western Cape, TABLE MT.; DISA RAVINE
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0497190-0 Collector(s) & number: Rehmann, A, 263B | --
South Africa, Western Cape, DEVILS PEAK
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0491102-0 Collector(s) & number: Crosby, MR, 9203 | 1973-1-25
South Africa, Western Cape, GEORGE; KAAIMANS RIVER; VICINITY OF KAAIMANS RIVER PICNIC SPOT BETW. WILDERNESS AND GEORGE 7 MI. E. OF
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0740462-0 Collector(s) & number: van Zanten, BO, 7608265 | 1976-8-28
South Africa, Western Cape, STELLENBOSCH
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0522747-0 Collector(s) & number: Magill, RE, 4059 | 1977-8-15
South Africa, Western Cape, CERES; MITCHELL'S PASS; ROADSIDE PARK SUMMIT OF PASS
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0497185-0 Collector(s) & number: Thorne, CH, SAM 50509 | 1932-11-
South Africa, Western Cape, OUDEBOSCH; ZONDEREINDE
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0541572-0 Collector(s) & number: Brenan, JPM, M2750 | 1976-1-3
South Africa, Western Cape, EISENKLOOF ABOVE LISMORE
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0519537-0 Collector(s) & number: Esterhuysen, EE, 19182 | 1951-10-21
South Africa, Western Cape, TABLE MT.; NURSERY GORGE
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0497191-0 Collector(s) & number: Sim, TR, 9451 | 1919-1-
South Africa, Western Cape, NEWLANDS RAVINE
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0497193-0 Collector(s) & number: Barnard, KH, SAM 49719 | 1931-10-
South Africa, Western Cape, CALEDON DIST.; GENADENDAL
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0601836-0 Collector(s) & number: Magill, RE, 6228 | 1979-1-20
South Africa, Western Cape, SWELLENNDAM.; CLOCK PEAKS; KOLONIESBOS. SLOPE. N OF SWELLENDAM.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0646286-0 Collector(s) & number: Stokoe, TP, 9174 | 1925-10-
South Africa, Western Cape, PAARL DIV.; HAALKOP
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0497188-0 Collector(s) & number: Bews, JW, 8586 | 1917-2-
South Africa, Western Cape, CAMPS BAY; BLINKWATER RAVINE
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0602415-0 Collector(s) & number: van Zanten, BO, 760853 | 1976-8-21
South Africa, Western Cape, CAPE TOWN; KIRSTENBOSCH BOT G.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0497186-0 Collector(s) & number: Sim, TR, 9124 | 1919-1-
South Africa, Western Cape, TABLE MT.; DISA RAVINE
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0784773-0 Collector(s) & number: Schelpe, EACLE, 7835 | 1978-4-26
South Africa, Eastern Cape, Storms River Gorge (bottom of gorge).
General notes: Ex Missouri Botanical Garden Herbarium (MO) Det: R.E. Magill
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0091890-0 Collector(s) & number: Arts, TA, RSA 16/21 | 1995-3-23
South Africa, Western Cape, Silver River Valley: At the old road from George to Knysna. At the river bank.
General notes: Habitat and substrate: On rock side at the river bank.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0602091-0 Collector(s) & number: Magill, RE, 4074 | 1977-8-15
South Africa, Western Cape, BAINS KLOOF PASS.; 5 KM N. OF TOP OF PASS.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0497189-0 Collector(s) & number: Rehmann, A, 263 | --
South Africa, Western Cape, NEWLANDS
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0507195-0 Collector(s) & number: Sim, TR, 9376 | 1919-1-
South Africa, Western Cape, CAPE PENINSULA; CHAPLIN POINT; KLOOF NR. CHAPLIN POINT
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0497192-0 Collector(s) & number: Sim, TR, 9471 | 1919-1-
South Africa, Western Cape, KIRSTENBOSCH NAT. BO; WINDOW GORGE; WATERFALL
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0507192-0 Collector(s) & number: Michell, 10 | 1917-6-
South Africa, Western Cape, KIRSTENBOSCH NAT. BO
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0096045-0 Collector(s) & number: Arts, TA, RSA 03/01 | 1995-3-17
South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town District: Claremont; Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens.
General notes: Habitat and substrate: On shadowed rock boulder in rivulet valley.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0519529-0 Collector(s) & number: Esterhuysen, EE, 15663 | 1949-8-28
South Africa, Western Cape, DU TOITS KLOOF; KLOOF IN MTS. ABOVE DU TOITS KLOOF
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0502550-0 Collector(s) & number: Rehmann, A, NH 263B | 1875--
South Africa, Western Cape, DEVILS PEAK
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0719053-0 Collector(s) & number: Perold, SM, 1187 | 1986-9-12
South Africa, Western Cape, WORCESTER; N PART OF BAINSKLOOF. ON WET ROCK FACE.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0507194-0 Collector(s) & number: Sim, TR, 9192 | 1919-1-
South Africa, Western Cape, TABLE MT.; SLANGOLI
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0678782-0 Collector(s) & number: Williams, IJM, 3184 | 1982-2-3
South Africa, Western Cape, CALEDON DIV.; VOGELGAT KLOOF; DRUID'S WALL. ON TABLE MOUNTAIN SANDSTONE
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0507193-0 Collector(s) & number: Sim, TR, 9477 | 1919-1-
South Africa, Western Cape, KIRSTENBOSCH NAT. BO; WINDOW GORGE; WATERFALL
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0777024-0 Collector(s) & number: Pare, E, 5 | 1977-3-17
South Africa, Western Cape, TABLE MOUNTAIN; NEWLANDS; WOODS ON E FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPE BACK OF TABLE MOUNTAIN
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0719054-0 Collector(s) & number: van Wyk, AE, 6763 | 1984-1-25
South Africa, Western Cape, PORTERVILLE; VIER-EN-TWINTIG RIVIER KLOOF.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0096048-0 Collector(s) & number: Arts, TA, RSA 08/05 | 1995-3-19
South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town District: Eastern slope of Table Mountain; Contour path between Kirstenbosch and Nursery Valley.
General notes: Habitat and substrate: On wet shadowed rock side.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
1987
FLORA CHAPTER
Gigaspermaceae to Splachnaceae Magill, REIn: OA Leistner (ed.). Flora of Southern Africa Bryophyta(1),2299-333
Botanical Research Institute, Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Pretoria
1987
FLORA CHAPTER
Mniaceae to Bartramiaceae Magill, REIn: OA Leistner (ed.). Flora of Southern Africa Bryophyta(1),2395-438
Botanical Research Institute, Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Pretoria
No results found for Pyrrhobryum vallis-gratiae (Hampe ex Mull.Hal.) Manuel
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