Brachiolejeunea bahamensis A.Evans
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Lejeuneaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Dull green, varying to brown or almost black, scattered or growing in depressed mats. Dorsal lobe of leaves convolute about the stem when dry, squarrose when moist, about 0.9 mm. long; lobule usually with five or six teeth, each usually three or four cells long; leaf-cells averaging about 25 X 18 µ; underleaves broadly orbicular, rounded at base; inflorescence autoecious; male bracts in from three to ten pairs, the androceium often proliferating; female inflorescence usually with two innovations; bracts winged, the lobule obtuse, acute, or apiculate. Perianth with ten rounded keels, scarcely compressed.
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Distribution
On bark, Abaco, New Providence, Watling's and Crooked Islands : Florida ; Cuba ; Puerto Rico. Bahamian Brachiolejeunea.
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