Status: Native
Synonyms:
There are 55 synonyms found online, I give up...
Cephalozia bicuspidata is a small liverwort with small 0.6-1mm wide succubus leaves (there are no underleaves) that are 10-16 cells wide and
bilobed. Each lobe is acute and 6-9 cells wide at the base. Interestingly, the cells contain no oil bodies. The stems have a hyalodermis, that is,
the outer stem cells are thin-walled and larger than the rest of the stem cells.
Many thanks to John Brinda for identifying this liverwort for us.
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Cephalozia biscuspidata, collection by Kirsten Romig, Sandoval County, Valles Caldera, Bottom Pond in Alamo Canyon, on soil, July 21, 2009; ID John Brinda June 16, 2015; Photographs Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 10, 2023
Cephalozia biscuspidata, stereoscope photomicrograph of stem, collection by Kirsten Romig, Sandoval County, Valles Caldera, Bottom Pond in Alamo Canyon, on soil, July 21, 2009; ID John Brinda June 16, 2015; Photographs Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 10, 2023
Cephalozia biscuspidata, stereoscope photomicrograph of stem, collection by Kirsten Romig, Sandoval County, Valles Caldera, Bottom Pond in Alamo Canyon, on soil, July 21, 2009; ID John Brinda June 16, 2015; Photographs Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 10, 2023
Cephalozia biscuspidata, stereoscope photomicrograph of leaf, collection by Kirsten Romig, Sandoval County, Valles Caldera, Bottom Pond in Alamo Canyon, on soil, July 21, 2009; ID John Brinda June 16, 2015; Photographs Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 10, 2023
Cephalozia biscuspidata, compound photomicrograph of stem, collection by Kirsten Romig, Sandoval County, Valles Caldera, Bottom Pond in Alamo Canyon, on soil, July 21, 2009; ID John Brinda June 16, 2015; Photographs Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 10, 2023
Cephalozia biscuspidata, compound photomicrograph of leaf, collection by Kirsten Romig, Sandoval County, Valles Caldera, Bottom Pond in Alamo Canyon, on soil, July 21, 2009; ID John Brinda June 16, 2015; Photographs Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 10, 2023
Cephalozia biscuspidata, compound photomicrograph of stem hyalodermis, collection by Kirsten Romig, Sandoval County, Valles Caldera, Bottom Pond in Alamo Canyon, on soil, July 21, 2009; ID John Brinda June 16, 2015; Photographs Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 10, 2023
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