Campylopus widgrenii (Müll.Hal.) Mitt.

  • Authority

    Frahm, Jan-Peter. 1991. Dicranaceae: Campylopodioideae, Paraleucobryoideae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 54: 1-238. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Dicranaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Campylopus widgrenii (Müll.Hal.) Mitt.

  • Synonyms

    Dicranum widgrenii Müll.Hal.

  • Description

    Species Description - Plants 3-5 cm high, dirty green to brownish, in dense tufts. Stems equally foliate with loosely patent leaves. Leaves 4-5 mm long, lanceolate, margins entire, slightly canaliculate at tips. Costa filling 1/3 of leaf base, excurrent, the excurrent part slightly serrate, in transverse section with ventral hyalocysts and dorsal groups of stereids. Alar cells large, inflated, hyaline or reddish. Basal laminal cells rectangular, incrassate, slightly pitted, 10-35 × 6-10 µm, at margins shorter and narrower. Upper laminal cells oval, 1:4, 3-6 × 10-26 µm. Sporophyte not known.

  • Distribution

    On rocks in montane forests in SE Brazil.

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