Lepidozia caespitosa Spruce

  • Authority

    Fulford, Margaret H. 1966. Manual of the leafy Hepaticae of Latin America--Part II. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 11: 173-276.

  • Family

    Lepidoziaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Lepidozia caespitosa Spruce

  • Description

    Species Description - Plants very slender, small, in yellowish, dark green or brownish mats, or scattered among other bryophytes; stems to 6 cm or more long, with leaves 0.64-0.8 mm wide, distantly pinnate to bipinnate, the branches often becoming attenuate flagelliform in the outer part, ventral flagelliform branches occasional. Rhizoids from the scales of the flagelliform branches. Line of leaf insertion oblique. Stem leaves distant to imbricate, appressed when dry, spreading when moist, cuneate, the dorsal base curved, quadrifid to one-half of their length; segments spreading, narrow, unequal, triangular from a 4- 6-celled base and ending in a 2- 3-celled tip; leaf-cells rectangular, averaging 27 × 18 µ, the walls thickened, the lumina rounded, the cuticle verruculose. Underleaves little broader than the stem, squarrose-spreading, quadrifid to two-thirds of their length, the triangular segments two cells broad at the base, the uniseriate tip of two to four cells, the lamina often with a marginal tooth near the base. Sexual branches and sporophytes not seen. Pl. 41. Fig. 8, a, b.

  • Distribution

    Habitat: On soil, rock faces, and trunks of trees. GUATEMALA: El Progreso: near Volcan Santa Louisa, Steyermark 43527 p.p. (F). HONDURAS : near El Achote, Yuncker 6615 p.p. (DPU); Morazan, 1600-1800 m, Standley 8023 p.p. (F). SALVADOR: above Hacienda Los Pianos, Carlson 961b (Hb Carlson). COSTA RICA: Cerro Central de Zurqui, Dodge 6074 p.p. (?) (NY); s.l., Endres, ex Hb Kew (G-144). COLOMBIA: Cauca: Macizo Colombiano, 3200-3510 m, Bischler 889 p.p., 891 p.p. (COL); Meta: Cordillera La Macarena,

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