Frullania obcordata Lehm. & Lindenb.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Frullaniaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Frullania obcordata Lehm. & Lindenb.

  • Description

    Species Description - Yellowish green to reddish brown, growing scattered or in closely appressed mats. Leaves closely imbricated, the dorsal lobe convex, ovate, about 0.7 mm. long; lobule short-clavate, inflated throughout, spreading at a wide angle; leaf-cells with more or less distinct trigones, averaging about 18m; underleaves subimbricated, orbicular, bifid about one half with obtuse or subacute divisions and sinus; inflorescence autoecious; androecia occupying short branches in the vicinity of the female inflorescence, the bracts in one or two pairs; female branch long, the bracts in three or four pairs, the innermost with ovate, obtuse or apieulate, entire lobes and smaller subacute lobules; bracteole free or slightly connate, bifid about one third; perianth obcuneate, the beak in a slight depression, lateral keels and the single ventral keel distinct.

  • Distribution

    On bark, New Providence : Florida to Louisiana: tropical America. Obcordate Frullania.

    New Providence Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Louisiana United States of America North America|