Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Family: Anastrophyllaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Jungermannia floerkei F. Weber & D. Mohr Barbilophozia floerkei (F. Weber & D. Mohr) Loeske
Jungermannia barbata var. floerkei (F. Weber & D. Mohr) Dumort.
Jungermannia lycopodioides var. floerkei (F. Weber & D. Mohr) Lindb.
Jungermannia quinquedentata var. floerkei (F. Weber & D. Mohr) Hartm.
Lophozia barbata subsp. floerkei (F. Weber & D. Mohr) Boulay
Lophozia floerkei (F. Weber & D. Mohr) Schiffn.
Orthocaulis floerkei (F. Weber & D. Mohr) H. Buch

Neoorthocaulis floerkei is a liverwort in which many of the shoots grow erect, unlike most other liverworts. The leaves have three lobes, and usually two appendages on the leaf near the attachment to the stem. There are underleaves that are highly dissected. The leaves, underleaves, and rhizoids are very crowded on the stem, making anatomy hard to discern without dissection and a microscope.

Many thanks to the University of Colorado Herbarium, Erin Tripp and Dina Clark for permitting is to photograph this specimen

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Neoorthocaulis floerkei, collection and ID by W. Hong, Washington, Okanogan County, Okanogan National Forest, S. Cutthroat Trail, August 3, 1981; photographs by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 25, 2023

Neoorthocaulis floerkei, upright stem habit, collection and ID by W. Hong, Washington, Okanogan County, Okanogan National Forest, S. Cutthroat Trail, August 3, 1981; photographs by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 25, 2023

Neoorthocaulis floerkei, photomicrograph of three moistened stems, collection and ID by W. Hong, Washington, Okanogan County, Okanogan National Forest, S. Cutthroat Trail, August 3, 1981; photographs by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 25, 2023

Neoorthocaulis floerkei, photomicrograph of leaf (note appendages), collection and ID by W. Hong, Washington, Okanogan County, Okanogan National Forest, S. Cutthroat Trail, August 3, 1981; photographs by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 25, 2023

Neoorthocaulis floerkei, photomicrograph of leaf (note appendages), collection and ID by W. Hong, Washington, Okanogan County, Okanogan National Forest, S. Cutthroat Trail, August 3, 1981; photographs by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 25, 2023

Neoorthocaulis floerkei, photomicrograph of highly dissected underleaf, collection and ID by W. Hong, Washington, Okanogan County, Okanogan National Forest, S. Cutthroat Trail, August 3, 1981; photographs by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 25, 2023

Neoorthocaulis floerkei, photomicrograph of laminal cells, collection and ID by W. Hong, Washington, Okanogan County, Okanogan National Forest, S. Cutthroat Trail, August 3, 1981; photographs by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 25, 2023