Odontoschisma variabile (Lindenb. & Gottsche) Trevis.
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Authority
Fulford, Margaret H. 1968. Manual of the leafy Hepaticae of Latin America--Part III. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 11: 277-392.
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Family
Cephaloziaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Plants of small to medium size, yellow-green to yellow-brown, sometimes becoming reddish, in mats or among other bryophytes; stems to 2 cm long, with leaves to 1.5 mm wide, sometimes becoming flagelliform at the tip, or erect, small-leaved and gemmiparous; branches frequent, ventral-intercalary, leafy, flagelliform (stolonlike) or short sexual. Rhizoids colorless, short, on the ventral side of the stem. Line of leaf insertion oblique. Leaves approximate to imbricate, spreading but slightly ascendant, oblong to broadly ovate with a rounded apex, plane to concave, bordered by one to several rows of thicker-walled cells, the margin curved upward; cells of the border at the tip, 20-24 µ, the walls thickened, cells of the upper part of the leaf mostly 24-30 X 24-30 µ, the walls thin, the trigones small with concave sides, or knot-like, the cuticle verruculose. Underleaves small, scale-like, few-celled. Plants dioicous. Female inflorescence on a short ventral branch, the bracts and bracteoles in 3 or 4 series, bifid to one-fourth, hyaline, the cells large. Perianth long, cylindrical below, 3-keeled becoming plicate above, the mouth ciliate. Male inflorescence not seen.
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Discussion
Sphagnoecetis variabilis Lindenberg & Gottsche in G. L. & N. Syn. Hep. 688. 1847.
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Distribution
Habitat: On logs.
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