Fissidens pellucidus Hornsch.

  • Authority

    Buck, William R. 2003. Guide to the plants of central french Guiana. Part 3. Mosses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 76: 1-167.

  • Family

    Fissidentaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Fissidens pellucidus Hornsch.

  • Description

    Species Description - Plants small, to ca. 8 mm tall. Leaves ca. 1.7 x 0.3 mm, acute to bluntly acute, vaginant laminae unequal; margins entire to crenulate- serrulate, elimbate except on vaginant laminae of perichaetial leaves and those immediately subtending; costa subpercurrent to short- excurrent; cells hexagonal, 11-20 µm in diameter, smooth to bulging.

  • Distribution

    In non-flooded moist forests, common, 200-400 m, mostly on bases of trees and small shrubs, less often on rock, soil, and termite mounds.

    French Guiana South America|