Alobiella campanensis Steph.
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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 - Leafy stems from a caudex, complanate, small, whitish-green becoming light brown, ascendant in tufts. Stems 1-2 cm long, with leaves 1.5-2 mm wide, occasionally branched, the branches ventral-intercalary in the axils of underleaves, leafy or more rarely flagelliform and bearing leafy branches; stems flattened dorsally, with 2 rows of very large cortical cells between the rows of leaves, on the ventral side convex and of many smaller cortical cells. Rhizoids long, slender, scattered on the ventral side of the stem. Line of leaf insertion nearly longitudinal. Leaves subimbricate, plane, widely spreading, ovate, acute to bidenticulate, 0.7-0.9 mm long, 0.3-0.4 mm wide at the middle, the base straight, the margins entire, not bordered by narrow cells; cells of the upper part of the leaf rectangular, 50-65 X 20-25 µ, the walls slightly thickened, without trigones, the cuticle essentially smooth. Underleaves appressed, longer than broad, bifid to one-half, the segments long, narrow-triangular, unequal. Male and female inflorescence and perianth not seen. Regeneration from leaf cells.(10)
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Distribution
Habitat: Unknown.
Peru South America|