Status: Native
Synonyms:
None known
Imbribryum torenii like other members of the genus has "rather rigid equally foliate stems generally occurring over rock" (from J.R. Spence and James Shevock's descripition of the species in Madroño). This species is differentiated from our I. muehlenbeckii vegetatively by I. torenii having strongly recurved leaf margins. Per Spence and Shevock's original description (2015) this species also has "broadly ovate leaves, short excurrent costa, hexagonal distal laminal cels, cylindric capsule, and large spores." Large orange to brown
rhizoidal tubers can be present.
Many thanks to John Brinda who collected and sent us this specimen to photograph!
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Imbribryum torenii, collection by John Brinda, Hidalgo County, Diamond A Ranch, Last Chance Draw, Animas Mountains, April 8, 2019; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, October 5, 2021
Imbribryum torenii, macro of dry stems, collection by John Brinda, Hidalgo County, Diamond A Ranch, Last Chance Draw, Animas Mountains, April 8, 2019; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, October 5, 2021
Imbribryum torenii, dark field photomicrograph of wet stem, collection by John Brinda, Hidalgo County, Diamond A Ranch, Last Chance Draw, Animas Mountains, April 8, 2019; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, October 5, 2021
Imbribryum torenii, photomicrograph of leaf, collection by John Brinda, Hidalgo County, Diamond A Ranch, Last Chance Draw, Animas Mountains, April 8, 2019; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, October 5, 2021
Imbribryum torenii, photomicrograph of leaf, collection by John Brinda, Hidalgo County, Diamond A Ranch, Last Chance Draw, Animas Mountains, April 8, 2019; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, October 5, 2021
Imbribryum torenii, photomicrograph of leaf apex, collection by John Brinda, Hidalgo County, Diamond A Ranch, Last Chance Draw, Animas Mountains, April 8, 2019; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, October 5, 2021
Imbribryum torenii, photomicrograph of leaf base, collection by John Brinda, Hidalgo County, Diamond A Ranch, Last Chance Draw, Animas Mountains, April 8, 2019; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, October 5, 2021
Imbribryum torenii, photomicrograph of leaf margin (near midleaf), collection by John Brinda, Hidalgo County, Diamond A Ranch, Last Chance Draw, Animas Mountains, April 8, 2019; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, October 5, 2021
Imbribryum torenii, photomicrograph of rhizoidal tubers, collection by John Brinda, Hidalgo County, Diamond A Ranch, Last Chance Draw, Animas Mountains, April 8, 2019; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, October 5, 2021
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