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NZ Plants
Schlotheimia knightii
Family: Orthotrichaceae
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Habitat
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Plants with sporophytes
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Shoot tip with leaves
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Dry shoot tips
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Dry shoot tip with emerging young sporophyte
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Sporophyte plant
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Immature, dry capsule with operculum lid
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Mature capsule
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Outer and inner peristome teeth
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Schlotheimia knightii has creeping stems that form dense, olive green mats. Erect branches have a reddish-brown tomentum and erect overlapping leaves that are spirally twisted when dry; lower leaves have a distinctive reddish-brown tinge. Together with a smooth calyptra, these features serve to distinguish this from Macromitrium species.
Endemic, widespread in New Zealand in moist forest.
