Lepidopilum haplociliatum (Müll.Hal.) Paris
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Authority
Sharp, Aaron J., et al. 1994. The Moss Flora of Mexico. Part Two: Orthotrichales to Polytrichales. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 69 (2)
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Family
Pilotrichaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Plants pale- to bright-green. Stems up to 4 cm long, (with leaves) 6 mm wide. Leaves sometimes falcate when dry. 1.5-3 mm long, oblong- or ovate-lanceolate, long-acuminate or sometimes cuspidate, often ending in a sharp, hyaline cell; margins entire or faintly serrulate at the apex; costae slender, about 1/2 the leaf length; upper median cells oblong-hexagonal to linear, 4.5-15:1, the apical cells often shorter. Autoicous. Setae up to 9 mm long, papillose near the urn, otherwise hispid; peristome teeth brown, whitish-bordered. Spores ca. 12 µm. Calyptrae hairy.
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Discussion
Fig. 608
L. haplociliatum (C. MUII.) Par., Index Bryol. Suppl. 223 1900.
Hookeria haplociliatumC. Mull., Bull. Herb. Boissier 5: 206. 1897.
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Distribution
On limbs of tree, above 2000 m alt.; Chiapas.—Mexico; Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica; northern South America.
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