Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Macromitrium longifolium (Hook.) Brid
Bryol. Univ. 1 : 309. 1826.
Orthotrichum longifolium Hook. Musci Kxot. pi. 44. 1818.
Macromitrium scabrisetum Wilson: Hook. f. Trans. Linn. Soc., 20: 165. 1847.
Macromitrium Miilleri Schimp.; Besch. Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherb. 16: 185. 1872. Not M.
Miilleri Hampe, 1860. Macromitrium Jlexuosum Schimp.; Besch. Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherb. 16: 189. 1872. Not M.
flexuosum Mitt. 1869. Macromitrium Schimperi Jaeger, Ber. St. Gall. Nat. Ges. 1872-1873: 129. 1874. Macromitrium denudatum Jaeger, Ber. St. Gall. Nat. Ges. 1872-1873: 146. 1874. Macromitrium longifolium var. viridissimum Ren. & Card. Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 31 1 : 156. 1892. Macromitrium scleropelma Ren. & Card. Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 31*; 157. 1892.
Plants, leaves, and perichaetial leaves so closely resembling those of M. cirrosum var. stenophyllum that it is all but impossible to distinguish sterile plants; seta very rough with rather coarse papillae; capsules strongly ribbed; peristome scarcely different.
Type locality: On the slopes of Mount Avilla, near Caracas, alt. 5700 ft.
Distribution: On trees and shrubs; West Indies; Mexico; Central and South America.
- bibliographic citation
- North American flora. vol 15A (1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
