Grimmia haleakalae Reichardt 1877

Amphidium tortuosum

Amphidium tortuosum (Hornsch.) H. Robinson, new comb.

Syrrhopodon tortuosus Hornsch., Linnaea 15:117, 1841. [Original material: Teufelberges, 3rd Peak, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, coll. Ecklon, 1827.]

Zygodon cyathicarpus Mont., Ann. Sc. Nat. Bot. ser. 3, 4:106, 1845. [Original material: San Antonio, Chile, coll. Gay, Aug. 1829.]

Gymnostomum linearifolium Tayl., London J. Bot. 5:42, 1846. [Original material: Pichincha, Ecuador, coll. Jameson, Oct. 9, 1827.]

Zygodon kilimandscharicus C. Müll., Flora 73:482, 1890. [Original material: Kilima-Ndscharo, coll. H. Meyer, 1889.]

Zygodon integrifolium C. Müll. ex. Beck., Trans. New Zealand Inst. 25:297, 1893. [Original material: Ben More, North Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, coll. Beckett, 1892.]

Zygodon anoectangioides C. Müll., Flora 82:449, 1896. [Original material: Hawaii, coll. Hillebrand, 1872.]

Zygodon compactus C. Müll., Hedwigia 37:134, 1898, hom. illeg. [Original material: Kowai, North Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, coll. Beckett, 1892.]

Amphoridium compactum Par., Ind. Bryol. Suppl. 7, 1900.

Stems to 1 cm high, sparingly branched. Leaves crisped when dry, linear-lanceolate, distinctly keeled, sharp-acuminate at apex; margins narrowly recurved below middle, plane above, remote teeth distally; costa subpercurrent; lamina cells with firm walls, 6–8 μm long, 10–12 μm wide; basal cells thin-walled, short-oblong, 6–12 μm wide, 25–50 μm long, hyaline, usually with very minute papillae. Autoicous. Setae rather thick, urn short and rather thick with flaring mouth when mature.

MAS AFUERA: Q. Casas & Papal, c. 200 m, Sk. 57 (S).

MAS A TIERRA: Forests of Villagra, 400–550 m, Sk. M236 (S); Cerro Alto, Sp. M258 (S); Cerro Piramide, NE slope, Sk. M289 (S).

The species is widely known under the name Amphidium cyathicarpum (Mont.) Brid. The distribution of the species includes mainland Chile, northern Andes, Central America, Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, New Guinea, and Central and South Africa.